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Title: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 04, 2013, 10:02:01 am
19 Moneysun, 10:00
Quietsilence Town
Adventurer's School

On the stage, an old man was talking. The students knew him as Principal Cyrus Ramsword.

Principal: "Now then. There will be four graduates this year, since there are only twenty students here. These four students learnt everything quickly. I call to the stand, Richard de Goede, Rina Newnova, Kushagra Jain and Julio Nemesis."

There was a silence as the four came to the stand.

Principal: "Now then. Take a card and look at it."

Which card will you pick?
Post your answers. This serves as an identification color outside of combat. The heroes will have their names in the color of the card they choose.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 04, 2013, 10:05:07 am
I go with Blue

vv@KarjamP-What can I say....I'm EBIL. MUAHAHAHA
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 04, 2013, 10:11:11 am
... I pick the red card...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 04, 2013, 12:48:20 pm
Turquoise. (you took my favourite color, Mr. Time. :P ).
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 04, 2013, 04:16:34 pm
Teal.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 04, 2013, 05:53:09 pm
Principal: "So, you choose those cards? Excellent, excellent. Take these other cards with you. You may need them."

Character Cards obtained.

Tome of Wisdom updated for Julio, Rina, Richard and Kushagra.


Principal: "Let's see what you have learnt here in such a short time. Learning these sort of things within two weeks is unheard of!"


Message Colors:
Messages can change color depending on special circumstances. Messages in italics are essentially messages like these that give tips and such. Item names are underlined.
Messages that aren't in italics count as spoken text. Character names are in bold.
Player characters have their name in a certain color.

Messages in lime green are preserved only for locations, dates and times. When you obtain an item, the message will be colored in a grayish color.. When one of your Tomes are updated, the message will be in dark violet. Key words are in gold.

Messages entirely unrelated to the RPG will be in this color.



Principal: "You are to write a test. Fill in the following answers and submit the forms to me. However! If you say the answers out loud, I will penalize you! This is to test what you know about combat. You haven't entered combat yet, we will enter combat after this test. If you complete the test, you will gain 50 experience points, which will allow you to level up sooner than most graduates. Usually they have to take a year to learn these things, with you four being the exceptions, and then they have to fight several monsters to gain experience, but with 50 points of experience, you'll be requiring 50 more experience points before you level up. In addition, I shall give you the Tome of Monsters, a useful book that records monsters."


What will you do?
1. Agree to write the test
2. Raise an objection
3. Threaten the principal
4. Punch the principal






@KarjamP:
Actually, I figured that using "expostulation (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/expostulation)" would be a bad idea.
And since one of its synonyms happen to be "objection", I went with that instead.
It'd be easier to understand, I figured, in a way.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 04, 2013, 07:38:45 pm
1

(You're overusing the "Objection!" meme here, aren't you?)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 04, 2013, 10:28:12 pm
... Punch the principal... [4]


(... Yeah...)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 05, 2013, 09:32:20 am
1.

(Woah Taylor?! Punch him?! XD)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 05, 2013, 11:25:29 am
Take the paper and throw a paper with Taylor/Rina's handwriting saying "I'm gonna punch you hard fatso."

1 and 5 :P
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 05, 2013, 01:56:26 pm
Julio: "Okay."
Richard: "Sure."
Kushagra: "Got it."

There is no option 5.

Rina: "... No."

Rina punches the principal of the Adventurer's School! Several of the students gasp in shock as the principal lands on the ground. He slowly gets up, with a scary glare aimed at the four students.

Principal: "So that is how you want to play it?"

The principal's eyes turn yellow!

Principal: "MINIONS! Take these students down... and kill them."

Monsters rise up from the ground! Their teeth look extremely sharp. They all leap towards the party...

? ? ?: "Not so fast!"

From the seat closest to the students, one of them leapt forward brandishing two sharp swords! He cuts the monsters into ribbons with barely a scratch.

Boy: "I should've known your ability at using Darkness-element magic would give you away! Sarenodrius!"

The "principal" gasps in shock.

Sarenodrius: "You know my true name...? You... you're not one of them... STUDENTS! Kill these five imbeciles."

All the other students assume monstrous forms!

Boy: "Nice try. I bet you thought this was going to be easy? Fifteen of those Orcish Necromancers? They can't even get close to me! Ice Element: Blizzard!"

The room suddenly gets much colder, yet the boy seems unfazed. All the students, except for the boy and the four students he's defending, are encased in ice! In an instant, they are cut in half as he rushes to the door at the end. He quickly rushes back.

Principal: "Wh-who ARE you?!"

Ashen: "Who am I? I'm the possessor of the Tome of Monsters and the Tome of Psyche. I am... Swaardt. Ashen Swaardt. And considering you're all orcs, I guess I'll have to complete my quest by finishing you off. But instead, I'll just need help from my friends here... even if we aren't even friends yet."

Ashen turns around.

Ashen: "I'm a Swordmaster, at level 5, so I'm a little unique case in that I can cast a level 25 Ice-element spell. However, considering this guy can summon monsters, I'm going to need your help anyway. Just pick a weapon, I'll just use the Summoning Glyph from the Tome of Intellect. And yes, I carry three unique Tomes with me. Once you all choose one weapon, I'll carve the Summoning Glyph in mid-air and then... we'll take this guy on. Chances are you'll level up if we win... but only if we're lucky."

Tome of Psyche added to inventory and updated.
Tome of Intellect added to inventory and updated.
Tome of Monsters added to inventory.

Weapons marked with "Melee" are used in close combat, and are useless in ranged combat.
Weapons marked with "Ranged" are more effective from afar, but can be used in close combat as well.
Weapons marked with "Melee / Ranged" are equally useful in ranged combat and close combat.

Weapons also have special benefits to stats. However, it is up to you to discover them.

Special notes:
A bowgun is, essentially, a bow and a gun combined, thus it can deal two hits per turn.
Whips and flails can hit foes from afar, and Chakram can be used in close combat and thrown at foes, returning to the wielder.
Rods have tips that can create spell projectiles. Thus, it counts as a ranged weapon.
Boards are things like skateboards and such. Yes, you can use a skateboard as a weapon. When equipped, they will possibly add a special effect to the entire party outside of battle.

Please choose your character's weapon category. You may only pick one choice.

Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 05, 2013, 02:09:50 pm
... Twin Dagger...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 05, 2013, 02:22:17 pm
Katana
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 05, 2013, 02:49:50 pm
Gun
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 06, 2013, 01:31:33 am
C'mon, Dr. Time! Escape from Life's evil clutches and answer already! D:

Oh, and for those who don't know, I've joined. Huzzah. -w-

My color is Magenta and I picked a Longsword.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 06, 2013, 02:53:02 am
Twin Sabre

Yeah...I won't be online much now...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 06, 2013, 10:57:49 am
Ashen: "Alright then! Get ready!"

In thin air, Ashen carves the Summoning Glyph (http://shanescavestory.createaforum.com/tomes/tome-of-intellect/msg4405/#msg4405). In the hands of everyone, appeared a weapon.

Rina got two Bronze Daggers!
Kushagra got the Wooden Katana!
Julio got two Bronze Sabres!
Richard got the Colt M1911 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_M1911) and some magazines!
Weapons automatically equipped.


Rina: "Let's go."
? ? ?: "Hold it!"
Richard: "Is that who I think it is?"
Kushagra: "It is."
Julio: "It's Polar! Probably late for school again... not that it matters now!"
Polar: "... I missed something?"

The orcish necromancer turns around to face the newcomer.

Sarenodrius: "What? You! You're late! ... However... you'll be late soon... in the other sense of the word! Ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Command?
Rina, Richard, Kushagra, Julio:

Polar:
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 06, 2013, 11:06:30 am
>Distract Sarenodrius

"Why he-LLO sir! How are you on this fine morning?", says Polar, huge smile on its face. (S)he carefully takes a pen out of his/her pocket...

(Basically I want to confuse him a bit long enough for the others to get a few shots in.)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 06, 2013, 11:10:32 am
Attack from behind
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 06, 2013, 11:38:39 am
Insert Soul Orbs (MP) into Katana and sneak behind him. On a good chance slice his spine.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 06, 2013, 11:41:35 am
... Attack from behind...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 06, 2013, 02:15:21 pm
ATTACK FROM BEHIND
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 06, 2013, 06:57:26 pm
Polar: "Why he-LLO sir! How are you on this fine morning?"
Sarenodrius: "Foolish fool! You dare speak to ME?! HAVE THIS!"

Sarenodrius throws a sword at Polar... and it lands in front of him/her/it. He/she/it picks it up and equips it.

Sarenodrius: "Uh oh."

Rina, Kushagra, Richard and Julio all strike at Sarenodrius from behind, dealing massive damage!

Sarenodrius: "AI-YAI-YAI-YAI-YAI!"

Everyone glares at Sarenodrius, whose accent suddenly became Italian.

Kushagra: "What."
Rina: "An Italian orc? Seriously?"
Julio: "... That's new."
Richard: "You're missing the point. He's still an orc."
Ashen: "He's right. Now he's mad. Let's GO!"


BATTLE! vs Sarenodrius

Ashen defends.

Initiative Gauge:
01. Julio (100/100 HP)
02. Kushagra (100/100 HP)
03. Polar (100/100 HP)
04. Richard (100/100 HP)
05. Rina (100/100 HP)
06. Ashen (025/100 HP)
07. Sarenodrius (195/350 HP) [Stunned]

TURN ORDER:
Your agility stat determines the sequence of the characters.If characters have got the same amount of agility, the sequence between them is always random.
When it is your turn, you can do an action. Grayed-out actions cannot be used at the moment.

The Initiative Gauge shows the order of characters. It also shows all the characters that can be controlled - if a character's name is in black, you can't control that character.
Characters who are in bold are bosses. Characters in italics are enemies.


JULIO: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item. (N/A)
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 06, 2013, 09:02:23 pm
Just in case I forget later, I'll attack, pen and sword in hand.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 07, 2013, 01:43:46 am
Attack!!

(Julio uses IMAGINARY RASENGAN!! Oh wait...I can't do that...)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 07, 2013, 11:01:15 am
Attack with my Left-Handed Katana. Insert MP if possible.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 07, 2013, 01:56:44 pm
... Attack...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 07, 2013, 06:00:42 pm
attack.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 07, 2013, 07:25:03 pm
COMBINATION ATTACKS:
"Combos" are initiated when two or more allies attack in a row, provided that they follow the turn order.
These deal plenty of damage, and has a 5% chance of inflicting "Sudden Death".
"Sudden Death" is exactly what the name says: this status effect instantaneously kills the one afflicted by it.

Damage is multiplied for every additional allied attack inflicted on an enemy.
The first member does not get a multiplier at all.
The second member gets a 1.1 multiplier to damage.
The third member gets a 1.2 multiplier to damage.
The fourth member gets a 1.4 multiplier to damage.
The fifth member gets a 1.4 multiplier to damage as well.
The sixth member gets a 1.6 multiplier to damage, as does the seventh member and eighth member.
The ninth member gets a 1.8 multiplier to damage.
Any members after the ninth will get a x2 multiplier to damage.

After all the damage has been dealt, it gets rounded off.
Take this number as an example.

14

The target would take only 14 damage. If it was 14.1, 14.2, 14.3 or 14.4, the damage would still be 14 points.
If, however, it was 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 14.8 or 14.9, then it would be rounded off, dealing 15 damage instead.

Combos can be devastating attacks. Use them wisely!




Julio, Kushagra, Polar, Richard, Rina and Ashen prepare for a combination attack!

Julio strikes and stabs at Sarenodrius! [+2 hits: 11 damage]
Kushagra lunges at Sarenodrius! [+3 hits: 18.7 damage]
Polar slashes Sarenodrius... and pokes him with a pen. [+5 hits: 28.3 damage]
Rina spins around, cutting Sarenodrius! [+7 hits: 43.3 damage]
Richard aims carefully... and fires seven bullets at Sarenodrius! [+14 hits: 68.5 damage]
Ashen throws one of his swords at Sarenodrius, then follows up with a lunging strike! [+16 hits: 140.5 damage]

[16 hits: 141 total damage]

Sarenodrius started bleeding!
Sarenodrius is stunned! He is unable to do an action.
Sarenodrius took 10 damage!

Initiative Gauge:
01. Julio (100/100 HP)
02. Kushagra (100/100 HP)
03. Polar (100/100 HP)
04. Richard (100/100 HP) [0: Reload [7]]
05. Rina (100/100 HP)
06. Ashen (025/100 HP)
07. Sarenodrius (044/350 HP) [Stunned | Bleeding]



ABOUT GUNS AND MAGAZINES:
Characters using guns as a weapon will require magazines in order to reload them. If the party has magazines, then the characters using Guns as a weapon will automatically get the [Reload] status effect should the number of shots reach 0. This results in them getting a special action in combat where they skip a turn reloading. If the character can't reload, they will use their weapon as a melee weapon instead. (Bashing enemies over the head of a pistol would be weird, though, as Endanian laws of physics causes pistols to rely on Magical Attack. Guns used as melee weapons always deal half the damage they would have if they were reloaded.)

The amount of bullets will be displayed next to the names of those wielding guns. If it has to be reloaded, the amount of magazines the character has remaining will be displayed in square brackets.




JULIO: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item. (N/A)
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 07, 2013, 07:40:02 pm
Uh, reload when it's my turn?
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 08, 2013, 01:56:47 am
Attack.

BTW Shane,I must request you from now on to never make my char be on the top of the list. I won't be online much now and I don't want this to affect the RPG by slowing down everyone else.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 08, 2013, 09:28:10 am
Julio strikes at Sarenodrius! [9 damage]
Julio stabs Sarenodrius! [8 damage]

[2 hits: 17 damage]

Initiative Gauge:
01. Kushagra (100/100 HP)
02. Polar (100/100 HP)
03. Richard (100/100 HP) [0: Reload [7]] [Reload]
04. Rina (100/100 HP)
05. Ashen (025/100 HP)
06. Sarenodrius (027/350 HP) [Stunned | Bleeding]
07. Julio (100/100 HP)


KUSHAGRA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (N/A - ability is passive)
Item: You can use an item. (N/A)
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 08, 2013, 01:47:39 pm
Lunge at his chest area!
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 08, 2013, 03:03:00 pm
Attaaaaack! ^_^
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 09, 2013, 01:16:13 pm
Kushagra bashes Sarenodrius over the head! [6 damage]
Polar lunges wildly at Sarenodrius and misses!
Polar pokes Sarenodrius in the eye with a pen! CRITICAL HIT! [11 damage]
Richard reloads his gun.

[2 hits: 17 damage]

Initiative Gauge:
01. Rina (100/100 HP)
02. Ashen (025/100 HP)
03. Sarenodrius (010/350 HP) [Stunned | Bleeding]
04. Julio (100/100 HP)
05. Kushagra (100/100 HP)
06. Polar (100/100 HP)
07. Richard (100/100 HP) [7: Reload [6]]


RINA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (N/A - ability is passive)
Item: You can use an item. (N/A)
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 09, 2013, 02:53:24 pm
Attack when it's my turn.
I probably won't be online for the next 6-7 hours or more so ye..
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 09, 2013, 03:13:19 pm
atck
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 09, 2013, 04:01:13 pm
Attack
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 09, 2013, 04:10:07 pm
I choose...to cheer Rina on, because it's likely she'll finish him off anyway. ^_^

It's a wonder he's not dead already. I guess if I hadn't missed with the Wooden Sword, I would have killed him...but, oh well. Now Taylor gets the honors!
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 09, 2013, 05:43:30 pm
... Deal the final blow... and attack...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 09, 2013, 06:23:04 pm
Rina stabs Sarenodrius in the neck with both her daggers, then spins around, decapitating her foe!

F A T A L I T Y !

Sarenodrius's ability has been negated by the fatal blow!

[1 hit: 9999 damage]


FATALITIES:
If a character deals the final blow, there's a 10% chance of the character dealing a fatal hit that always deals 9999 damage, even bypassing and negating the abilities of enemies that would activate on death. This includes special abilities granted by equipment such as Revival Gems. Furthermore, if a combo is the result, ALL characters involved will deal a combo that will double the rewards if possible.

VICTORY:
On defeating all enemies, the party will gain experience points and coins or an item. If an enemy drops an item, that enemy won't drop any coins in most cases.
Enemies will always drop magic coins and special coins, however.

LEVELING UP:
Gaining a level gives you 5 points to spend on your main stats, and 10 points to spend on either HP, SMP or MP.
Every five levels you can change your element.
If your race/class has a Default Element, you can't change your element at level 5, because your element will automatically change to the Default Element, since everyone began with NONE as their element.

You can level up in here (http://shanescavestory.createaforum.com/level-up/). You can spend your points in those threads.


Party members gained 125 XP points each!

Sarenodrius dropped:
Tome of Inventory
Tome of the Elements
Tome of Events
Tome of Combat
Book of Adventurers
Scroll of Light
Potion of Poison
Potion of Blindness
2x Potion of Healing
5 Magic Coins
5 Special Coins



Initiative Gauge:
01. Rina (100/100 HP) [LEVEL UP!]
02. Ashen (025/100 HP)
03. Sarenodrius (010/350 HP) [Deader than dead]
04. Julio (100/100 HP) [LEVEL UP!]
05. Kushagra (100/100 HP) [LEVEL UP!]
06. Polar (100/100 HP) [LEVEL UP!]
07. Richard (100/100 HP) [7: Reload [6]] [LEVEL UP!]



SKILL BOOKS:
Skill books are marked in brown. If you have the Special Coins or Magic Coins to spend, you can spend them on skills from Skill Books.
If a skill's level is 0, it has to be learned. If it is 5, it cannot be upgraded. The cost increases with each upgrade.
Several skills start off locked - you need to learn / upgrade skills to unlock those.


Rina: "About time. So now what?"
Ashen: "Let's get to someplace safe first. Any ideas?"
Julio: "Why not where we live? It should be safe."
Richard: "I agree. We ought to rest."
Kushagra: "What they said."
Polar: "I'll lead the way~"

Time passes. The party rested, their wounds healing.

Ashen: "Thanks for your hospitality. I can truly trust you all. I assume you want some answers?"


Please enter an answer.
• Yes
• No
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 09, 2013, 07:50:56 pm
Polar:If it's not too much trouble...heck yes.

(That was quick, Shane. :o)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 09, 2013, 08:42:34 pm
Rina: "... Yes..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 10, 2013, 02:27:34 am
Julio,"Yes..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 10, 2013, 03:50:41 am
Kushagra: "Yes, I trust thy soul."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 10, 2013, 12:50:13 pm
Ja
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 10, 2013, 02:09:52 pm
Rina: "... Yes..."
Julio: "Yes..."
Richard: "Ja."
Kushagra: "Yeah."
Polar: "Yes."
Ashen: "Alright then. This will go quicker if nobody interrupts me, so... without further ado! I'll first tell you about how I got my name and powers, though. And then... I'll tell you the reason I came here in the first place. Flashback Glyph!"



17 Toxicfreeze 1542, 09:40
Rainellendough Forest

???: "Someone!"

Lightning strikes. A tree catches fire, and so begins a forest fire.

???: "Help me! Someone!"

One of the trees fall over, blocking a young boy's escape from the blaze.

???: "N-no!"
???2: "Don't move!"
???: "H-huh?"
???2: "I'll get you out of there, I promise!"
???: "O-okay...! P-please... hurry!"

A mysterious figure cast a spell and levitated the boy over the flames to her. The girl smiled.

???2: "Are you hurt?"
???: "N-no... Th-thank you, miss!"
Hikari: "Don't worry about it! I'm Hikari. Who are you?"
???: "I d-do not know. My n-name... I... I do not have one..."
Hikari: "What? ... Do you know where you live? Who your parents are?"
???: "N-no... I... I have been living in this forest since... I can r-remember..."
Hikari: "And so, you have no name?"
???: "I guess so..."
Hikari: "Hmmm... how about Ashen?"
???: "Huh?"
Hikari: "Well, I think calling you Ashen could work."
Ashen: "O-okay! ... B-but what about the f-forest?"
Hikari: "We have to get you out of here. There's... nothing that can be done about the forest. Sarenodrius did it, of course."
Ashen: "Sa... who?"
Hikari: "Don't worry about the name, it's pretty hard for a young person such as yourself to say. Sarenodrius, the Orcish Lich Lord. More powerful than any Orcish Necromancer. Sarenodrius is power hungry. I've been after that goon for almost two years, ever since I turned five. In fact... in about two days, it'll be exactly two years."
Ashen: "But... my birthday... it is in two days as well!"
Hikari: "What? Well... Anyway... what say you to coming along with me? You have to learn more about the world, right?"
Ashen: "I... I guess so..."
Hikari: "... Look. You seem to have lived here for most of your life. You really ought to learn more about the world, okay?"
Ashen: "O-okay... ...! W-watch out!"

Ashen leapt forward, getting sliced by a sharp monster's claw! He staggered backwards as the monster roared loudly.

Hikari: "A-Ashen!"

The wound Ashen bore on his left arm was glowing a light bluish color. All of a sudden, a blizzard started up, freezing even the burning forest. Hikari had looked around her in surprise, the monster's eyes widened by this sudden development.

Ashen: "... T-take this...!"

A giant icicle fell on top of the monster, and it exploded into gold coins. A golden glow had surrounded Ashen and Hikari, both of them staring in awe.

Ashen: "... I... I..."
Hikari: "Thank you so much! Y-you... you saw it and took the blow... I'll see if I can do something about that wound."

No matter what Hikari did, however, the wound remained glowing. No blood came out, but slowly the wound changed its shape. As time went by, Ashen and Hikari had bonded, like a brother and sister, and become stronger in the magical realm. However, Ashen went one step beyond that and also practiced swordplay, whereas Hikari preferred to use a staff. However, the reason for the wound still glowing, even changing its shape, was unknown... until three years later.



2 Flameshock 1544, 14:30
Ashlight City
Hikari's House

Ashen got out of bed, and ran downstairs to the kitchen.

Ashen: "... Thank you, again."
Hikari: "What for?"
Ashen: "For what you did that day three years ago."
Hikari: "You've been thanking me for that every day for the past three years."
Ashen: "I... I know. It's just... how thankful I am."
Hikari: "Well, anyway, I've finally got a lead. I may have found Sarenodrius."
Ashen: "What? That is excellent!"
Hikari: "It is. Of course, you're to stay here and practice. If I do not return by 19 Toxicfreeze, I want you to train until you're strong enough to take on Sarenodrius, okay? And then, when you're certain that you're prepared to battle him, I want you to kill him, okay? I'll probably return before then, but just in case... I want you to have this."

Hikari gave a pendant to Ashen.

Ashen: "O-okay. I... I'll keep it with me until you r-return."
Hikari: "Good. Oh, and another thing. You know that medic I was talking to earlier yesterday? She'll be coming over again, but this time she'll be talking to YOU. I want you to do as she asks, okay? Hopefully she'll be able to discover why your wound is still glowing. And why it's changing..."

With that, Hikari hugged him.

Hikari: "Goodbye... b-brother."
Ashen: "Brother?"
Hikari: "Well, I'm ten, you're just seven. Well, almost eight years old, but still. Considering that Sarenodrius killed my parents last year, and our young ages, I'm technically your surrogate sister. You understand, don't you?"
Ashen: "Yes... I understand. Bye, Hikari..."

Hikari turned around, opened the door and left for her destination. However, three minutes after that, a woman came in.

Woman: "Was that ms. Swaardt who left?"
Ashen: "Y-yes."
Woman: "She's in a hurry, if you ask me. Anyway, I'm looking for a boy named Ashen."
Ashen: "Th-that's m-me!"
Sandra: "Good. I'm Sandra Lionworth. I'm here by the request of Hikari. She's a wonderful person, you know. Anyway... can I see that wound?"

Ashen raised his left arm. The wound was still glowing brightly. Sandra gasped.

Sandra: "That's... that's an Elemental Scar! I... I can't do anything about it. But... tell me, how did you get it?"
Ashen: "A monster attacked me three years ago, on... 17 Toxicfreeze. It wanted to h-hurt Hikari... b-but I..."
Sandra: "You leapt in and took the blow, didn't you?"
Ashen: "Yes..."
Sandra: "That Elemental Scar... it's from a monster called Conquest. Scars from that one... is impossible to remove. However, you'll be able to control the element of ice at any time. However, this comes at the cost of being unable to use other elements. You may want to try and hide the scar, though. People 'round these parts hate people with Elemental Scars."
Ashen: "R-right!"

Ashen immediately bandaged the scar.

Sandra: "Now then, I'll be going now. If you need something, just ask around, okay?"
Ashen: "Right..."

- PRESENT TIME -
19 Moneysun 1553, 12:00
Quietsilence Town
Dormitory

Ashen: "And so... I waited. I waited and waited for three more years. But no news. I had trained a lot in that time, too, combining my sword attacks with ice. I can only use the ice element, and no other elements..."

Ashen takes a deep breath.

Ashen: "I was raised in a forest by the animals there... but Sarenodrius caused a forest fire to ruin my life. One of his lackeys... 'Conquest', apparently, gave me this cursed scar... and Hikari... she's missing now. She's... she's like a sister to me, since... well, her parents raised me when they were still alive, after she had saved me from the forest fire. I had hoped that Sarenodrius would have information... but I was wrong. To find him, I had to accept a mission from a guild in Ashlight City. And I still haven't found Hikari... She's probably dead, but until I find proof of it, I won't give up!"

What is your response?
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 10, 2013, 03:08:47 pm
"You have a story like Louis, my own adoptive brother. He himself was like you, however, he had a quite different mark. It was one red hair, that could not be cut, and that changed him just like you, except in reverse. In a place with great power, his body will overload, causing extreme pain to him, and perhaps even death. I am not the real counterpart of myself, as I am just a multiversional copy of him. If I merge with my real self, then maybe I can fix your scar, and maybe Louis's too..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 10, 2013, 04:02:38 pm
Polar:Hmm...

Well, don't worry. I'm sure Hikari is still alive, she just can't get back to you somehow. I know you'll find her someday!

And hey, don't worry about the scar, either. Ice is a pretty cool element, anyway...er, excuse the accidental pun...

Point is, I'm sure things will work out eventually. Polar smiles.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 10, 2013, 07:45:56 pm
*wakes up* Huh? What just happened? (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LongSpeechTeaTime)

(just too lazy to read wall of text. :P)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 10, 2013, 09:45:30 pm
"... I am sorry to hear about that... Also, that Elemental Scar... it's the reason why you can control Ice, is it not? ... Are you headed anywhere? We have no idea where to begin our adventures... but... perhaps we could try and find Hikari? I mean, if Sarenodrius is dead right now... then how on Endania do we know if Hikari is still alive? ... If only my Detection ability worked on people... *sigh* Either way, as far as I know we still can't leave town. Hopefully tomorrow we'll be able to get out of town to begin our journey. After all, we're supposed to be graduates right now, correct? ... Well, murderous graduates, considering we just murdered the entire class of Orcish Necromancers... without even using chemical weapons, which is probably a good thing... *blush* but enough about that. ... Anyway, Richard, you really ought to stay awake more often. Falling asleep like that is rude! *slaps Richard* ... Uhhh... wow, I said a lot, didn't I? *giggle* I'm usually a girl of few words, but... you see, my sister... was kidnapped when I was just 5 years old. I don't even know if she still lives, but I have faith. ... Anyway, shutting up now. I've said too much. *covers own mouth with left hand* Mmph mmph mmmph!"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 10, 2013, 10:16:25 pm
Yeah, Polar pipes up, Taylor is kinda quiet, but she's nice once you get to know her.

Anyway, would you like something to eat? We have...cereal, toast, and leftover tacos, last I checked…we're kind of poor.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 10, 2013, 11:29:27 pm
"Exactly. Oh, we also have some ten-year old cheese, the others wanted me to throw it out but I kinda rebelled. ... Wait, since when do we have tacos? And how is it that we only have cereal, toast and leftover tacos? Last I checked, there was enough food to last us for a year..."

Rina (not Taylor :P) turned to face Richard.

"Ashen was in Rainellendough Forest, on the other side of the continent. I think. Anyway, Sarenodrius - that guy I just decapitated today - he set the forest on fire. A monster tried to attack the girl who saved him but Ashen got in the way, getting an Elemental Scar and gaining the ability to control Ice freely. Hikari, the girl who saved Ashen, got her parents to adopt him. However, a few years later, her parents were murdered. Then, in 1544, near the beginning of Flameshock, Hikari learnt Sarenodrius' whereabouts. She left to take care of him... but something happened. Now Ashen is trying to find her. Do you understand now what happened, sleepy-head?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 11, 2013, 02:26:41 am
Julio,"Ashen....I hope for your best...but what I've found in my entire life till now that hope is the greatest lie in this world..."
"Don't get me wrong...I used to be a great believer of hope...but after what happened to me,I lost my belief.."
"Hikari...will be OK.Don't worry.."

Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 11, 2013, 04:10:11 am
Polar:I was joking, Rina. Sheesh!

Although there ARE tacos. I bought them yesterday, they're on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 11, 2013, 04:23:01 am
"Screw it. We can talk about the food later. Our main priority is to go out in search of a quest. However, due to us only being on Level 1, we can't directly go and look for Shane-, er, Ashen's sister. We first need our Elements, a good amount of gear, some good weapons, Spells and skills, and a good amount of Status Points if we are to live in this world and search for Hikari. A good load of Training would help, am I not right Author Kush?"

Yes indeed it would. All of you can maybe do little bits of work around town to earn some money. After we have enough, you can buy some armour, and maybe upgrade your weapons. We can then maybe train each other to Level up. Ashen, since you are ahead, you can sort of be like our teacher or coach.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 11, 2013, 04:55:28 am
Julio,"Ugh...Polar...your talk about tacos reminds me...I'm hungry..." :P
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 11, 2013, 11:02:56 am
Kushagra: "You have a story like Louis, my own adoptive brother. He himself was like you, however, he had a quite different mark. It was one red hair, that could not be cut, and that changed him just like you, except in reverse. In a place with great power, his body will overload, causing extreme pain to him, and perhaps even death. I am not the real counterpart of myself, as I am just a multiversional copy of him. If I merge with my real self, then maybe I can fix your scar, and maybe Louis's too..."
Ashen: "Ah, no, I don't want my Elemental Scar removed! I kinda like ice... Hey, did that guy fall asleep?"

Richard wakes up. Apparently, he fell asleep while Ashen was talking.

Richard: "Huh? What just happened?"
Ashen: "... Clearly, he fell asleep..."
Rina: "... I am sorry to hear about that... Also, that Elemental Scar... it's the reason why you can control Ice, is it not? ... Are you headed anywhere? We have no idea where to begin our adventures... but... perhaps we could try and find Hikari? I mean, if Sarenodrius is dead right now... then how on Endania do we know if Hikari is still alive? ... If only my Detection ability worked on people..."
Ashen: "Don't worry about it. If we're lucky, we may even find a hidden ability to use."

Rina sighs.

Rina: "Either way, as far as I know we still can't leave town. Hopefully tomorrow we'll be able to get out of town to begin our journey. After all, we're supposed to be graduates right now, correct? ... Well, murderous graduates, considering we just murdered the entire class of Orcish Necromancers... without even using chemical weapons, which is probably a good thing..."

Rina blushes as she continues talking.

Ashen: "... Hey, you're--"
Rina: "But enough about that. ... Anyway, Richard, you really ought to stay awake more often. Falling asleep like that is rude!"

Rina slaps Richard.

Richard: "Ow!"
Ashen: "... Ouch. Knocking him back ten feet... that must have hurt... but then again, it didn't, by the looks of things. Guess someone's just having fun giving someone amusing injuries to try and get people to laugh. Ha ha. Not very funny, in my opinion."
Rina: "... Uhhh... wow, I said a lot, didn't I?"

Rina giggles.

Rina: "I'm usually a girl of few words, but... you see, my sister... was kidnapped when I was just 5 years old. I don't even know if she still lives, but I have faith. ... Anyway, shutting up now. I've said too much."

Rina covers her own mouth with her left hand.

Rina: "Mmph mmph mmmph!"
Ashen: "... You're really silent most of the time? ... Wait, your sister was kidnapped?! ... I... I am sorry to hear that."
Polar: "Yeah, Rina is kinda quiet, but she's nice once you get to know her. Anyway, would you like something to eat? We have...cereal, toast, and leftover tacos, last I checked…we're kind of poor."
Ashen: "Tacos would be nice, thanks!"
Rina: "Exactly. Oh, we also have some ten-year old cheese, the others wanted me to throw it out but I kinda rebelled. ... Wait, since when do we have tacos? And how is it that we only have cereal, toast and leftover tacos? Last I checked, there was enough food to last us for a year..."
Ashen: "Wait, TEN-YEAR OLD CHEESE!? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?! EATING THAT WILL MOST LIKELY BE LETHAL!"

Rina turned to face Richard.

Rina: "Ashen was in Rainellendough Forest, on the other side of the continent. I think. Anyway, Sarenodrius - that guy I just decapitated today - he set the forest on fire. A monster tried to attack the girl who saved him but Ashen got in the way, getting an Elemental Scar and gaining the ability to control Ice freely. Hikari, the girl who saved Ashen, got her parents to adopt him. However, a few years later, her parents were murdered. Then, in 1544, near the beginning of Flameshock, Hikari learnt Sarenodrius' whereabouts. She left to take care of him... but something happened. Now Ashen is trying to find her. Do you understand now what happened, sleepy-head?"
Ashen: "... Oh, sure, ignore the one who almost died from food poisoning a few years back. Why not."
Julio: "Ashen... I hope for your best... but what I've found in my entire life till now that hope is the greatest lie in this world... Don't get me wrong... I used to be a great believer of hope... but after what happened to me, I lost my belief... Hikari... will be OK. Don't worry."
Ashen: "Thanks. If hope is a lie, wouldn't that make people who are named Hope liars? Last I checked, the queen of the country is named Hope..."

Ashen looked at the door.

Polar: "I was joking, Rina. Sheesh! Although there ARE tacos. I bought them yesterday, they're on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator."
Ashen: "Wait, you have a refrigerator? That would mean that... you're the only ones in town with one!"
Kushagra: "Screw it. We can talk about the food later. Our main priority is to go out in search of a quest. However, due to us only being on Level 1, we can't directly go and look for Shane-, er, Ashen's sister. We first need our Elements, a good amount of gear, some good weapons, Spells and skills, and a good amount of Status Points if we are to live in this world and search for Hikari. A good load of Training would help, am I not right Author Kush?"
Mysterious Voice: "Yes indeed it would. All of you can maybe do little bits of work around town to earn some money. After we have enough, you can buy some armour, and maybe upgrade your weapons. We can then maybe train each other to Level up. Ashen, since you are ahead, you can sort of be like our teacher or coach."

Everyone in the room, except for Kushagra, looks surprised, looking around. No-one said a thing then.

Ashen: "Okay then... I think I've hit my head someplace... or maybe the glyphs are making me crazier than uncle Daveth..."
Julio: "Ugh... Polar... your talk about tacos reminds me... I'm hungry..."
Ashen: "Okay, first we eat, then we rest, and then... we leave town to go training. Considering we've just killed a large portion of the Adventurer's School, we'd better get out of here tomorrow anyway. Most monsters, I can handle, but it's training experience for you guys. Besides, I need training too."

After eating an ample meal, and talking the rest of the day, and later sleeping for eight hours, the party was completely ready to leave.

20 Moneysun 1553, 06:00
Quietsilence Town
Dormitory

Ashen: "Alright, let's go. We should make it to Ashlight City if we aren't forced to take a detour. They've got great equipment at lower prices, because seriously, bronze longswords for five copper coins? Much better than having to pay five gold coins to get a bronze longsword, if you ask me. Who agrees with me?"


What is your answer?
• Yes
• No
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 11, 2013, 11:23:16 am
"Yes, let's head over. Gold is too much, and anyways, maybe on the way we'll find some mooks and grunts to fight. That way we can train. Oh, and the mysterious voice that sort of sounded like me was Author Kush, my creator. We are all imaginary by the way, so nothing is real. However the Authors are real and they control our every action."

Everyone stares at Kush hard.


"I'm sorry if I talk a lot. I'm born like that."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 11, 2013, 12:01:17 pm
Julio,"Yes.Sure..." *gives a gloomy look*
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 11, 2013, 03:53:20 pm
"Yes..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 11, 2013, 03:56:01 pm
Jip.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 11, 2013, 03:56:09 pm
Hey, why not. We haven't been out of this town for a while!
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 11, 2013, 04:23:39 pm
Everyone agrees. After taking along some food, they depart for Ashlight City...

20 Moneysun 1553, 06:45
Silvertree Jungle

Ashen: "Well, well. We have company already! Let's take 'em down before they take us up! ... I'm afraid of heights, I'm afraid."


BATTLE! vs Dodo, Dodo, Harpy

Ashen strikes at Dodo 1! [21 damage]
Dodo 1 is slain!
Ashen strikes at Dodo 2! [19 damage]
Dodo 2 is slain!

Initiative Gauge:
01. Kushagra (103/103 HP)
02. Polar (103/103 HP)
03. Richard (105/105 HP) [[6] Shots: 7]
04. Rina (102/102 HP)
05. Julio (104/104 HP)
06. Ashen (100/100 HP)
07. Harpy (30/30 HP)
08. Dodo 1 (0/15 HP) [Dead]
09. Dodo 2 (0/15 HP) [Dead]


KUSHAGRA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item. (N/A)
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 11, 2013, 04:24:34 pm
Attack on my turn. Won't be active for quite some time.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 11, 2013, 04:44:21 pm
Attack! >:3

(It's like the only thing we can do at this point, anyway. :P)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 11, 2013, 05:34:23 pm
shot
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 12, 2013, 10:59:35 am
Slow-motion Jump Attack! On the Harpy thing.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 12, 2013, 11:47:33 am
Kushagra bashes the Harpy on the head! [1 hit: 7 damage]
Polaris spins and slashes the Harpy! [2 hits: 13 damage]
Richard shoots at the Harpy... the bullet pierces the lungs of the Harpy! [3 hits: 35 damage]

Party members gained 35 XP points each!

Your enemies dropped:
15 Copper Coins
5 Magic Coins
5 Special Coins



Code: [Select]
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.......rJP............|
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+-----------------------------+
| Where will you walk to now? |
+--------------+--------------+
| K = Kushagra | J = Julio    |
| R = Richard  | r = Rina     |
| P = Polar    | A = Ashen    |
+--------------+--------------+

Party Leader: ????


Please use the Strategies (http://shanescavestory.createaforum.com/strategies/) board to decide either where to go, or who the Party Leader should be. After the decision has been made, one member is to post where the party will go to. If there is a Party Leader, the Party Leader must make the post.

Guest characters can not be Party Leaders. Guest characters are the characters written in the Tome of Psyche.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 13, 2013, 08:28:09 am
Walk down "corridor" closest to Ashen.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 19, 2013, 02:35:47 pm
Taylor and the party enter a small area. A river seems to be running in the middle of the room with breathtaking waterfalls from above. There must be a floating island above the jungle.
On the other side of the river, there are monsters! To the left of the party, there appears to be a lone spider...


Code: [Select]
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         ||.|         
          |A|||||.|||||
      |.|||KJP.~..~...|
      |.S..Rr..~.~...d||
      |||||....~~...dsHs
          |....~....sd||
          |||.|~|||||||
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+-----------------------------+-------------------+
| Where will you walk to now? | TERRAIN FEATURES: |
+--------------+--------------+-------------------+
| K = Kushagra | J = Julio    | | = tree          |
| R = Richard  | r = Rina     | ~ = river         |
| P = Polar    | A = Ashen    | . = ground        |
| h = Harpy    | d = Dodo     |                   |
| s = Squirrel | S = Spider   |                   |
+--------------+--------------+-------------------+

Party Leader: Rina Richard (until Taylor returns)


You can use the Strategies (http://shanescavestory.createaforum.com/strategies/) board to plan your actions.
This is also useful in finding out whether your allies are pleased with how you've led the party thus far.

Party Leaders apply only in dungeon-like areas, however, and will differ for each dungeon!
For example, Rina is the Party Leader whenever exploring Silvertree Jungle, for as long as Rina survives.
However, Julio, Kushagra, Richard or Polar could be the Party Leader in an entirely different dungeon!

See the Locations page of the Tome of Knowledge for the Party Leader of specific dungeons. However! Party Leaders can not be chosen in towns.

In dungeons, Party Leaders can decide the actions for the entire party outside of combat.
For example, they can choose to have the group split up to surround an enemy, or perhaps sent one party member to explore a seemingly empty room...
The possibilities are almost endless!



For some reason, the Tome of Psyche and the Tome of Knowledge are updated!
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 20, 2013, 05:12:48 am
Ask if I could split from the group to help the little spider.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 20, 2013, 06:09:24 am
"Hm...I feel bad for the dodos. Clearly they're not very smart.

...

I think I'm just going to play Pokémon Gold until Richard makes his decision. Don't mind me."

Polar sits down against a tree and turns on the Game Boy.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 20, 2013, 09:18:40 am
"I'll just go where the majority goes."
"If there's no clear majority,I go with Polar."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 21, 2013, 08:35:07 am
The democratic votes say we examine the spider.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 21, 2013, 11:05:15 am
The party examines the spider...
It appears to be green.

It shoots out a thick web! Everyone in the party is Slowed!
More spiders appeared!


Ashen: "Generally, monsters in jungles... like spiders... are out to kill us."


BATTLE! vs Green Spider, Green Spider, Green Spider

Green Spider 1 bites Richard! [5 damage]
Green Spider 2 bites Rina! [6 damage]
Green Spider 3 bites Julio! [4 damage]

Initiative Gauge:
01. Rina (096/102 HP) [Slowed]
02. Ashen (100/100 HP) [Slowed]
03. Polar (103/103 HP) [Slowed]
04. Kushagra (103/103 HP) [Slowed]
05. Julio (100/104 HP) [Slowed]
06. Richard (100/100 HP) [[6] Shots: 7] [Slowed]
07. Green Spider 1 (030/030 HP)
08. Green Spider 2 (030/030 HP)
09. Green Spider 3 (030/030 HP)


SLOWED:
Characters with the [Slowed] status effect gain a penalty to Agility equal to the level of the enemy.
It wears off after battle.



RINA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item. (N/A)
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 21, 2013, 11:10:46 am
"Ugh...good thing I put away my Game Boy Color...or it'd be all sticky and gross by now......"

*Ohgodohgod spiders okay just kill them and BE ON YOUR WAY*

>Attack
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 21, 2013, 11:56:49 am
Radidard! (Attack)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 21, 2013, 12:20:26 pm
Attack Green Spider 2...

(Like, nobody else aims their attacks, so I'm going to be, like, aiming my attack on one of them. The one that bit me...)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 21, 2013, 12:36:32 pm
Oh, right. I forgot that there are more than one enemy now. :P

I'll attack Green Spider #1, then.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 21, 2013, 02:04:56 pm
Atck nearest enemy.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 22, 2013, 02:30:12 pm
Attack Green Spider 3 D:
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 22, 2013, 06:45:20 pm
Kushagra and Polar prepare for a combination attack! [Ino]
Rina and Richard prepare for a combination attack! [Maku]
Julio and Ashen prepare for a combination attack! [Neko]

SPLIT COMBINATION ATTACKS, AIMING AND USING THE ENVIRONMENT:
In a battle with multiple foes, it is possible to choose which enemy to attack.
Be sure to check the Initiative Gauge to see which foes are alive and which are dead.
Not selecting a target enemy, or selecting a dead foe, will result in a random foe being chosen.
In addition, combination attacks initiated work only for those who target the same enemy.
These split combination attacks are marked with the Seretouan numbers.
Like normal combos, they give +2 CP instead of the usual +1, and may inflict sudden death.
Also, combos may use the environment to the advantage of the party.
For example, in a jungle, shooting a tree could cause it to fall over and fall on top of a monster.



Combo: Ino
Polar stabs the Green Spider 1 in the eye with a pen! [1 hit: 4 damage]
Polar swings his/her sword upwards and sends the Green Spider 1 flying! [2 hits: 12 damage]
Kushagra throws his katana at the Green Spider 1 and hits! [3 hits: 20 damage]
Green Spider 1 falls on the ground! [4 hits: 29 damage]
Kushagra's katana falls on top of the Green Spider 1's head! [5 hits: 32 damage]
The katana automatically teleports to Kushagra...
Green Spider 1 has been struck down.

Combo: Maku
Rina spins around, striking the Green Spider 2 four times with her daggers! [4 hits: 18 damage]
Richard shoots at a nearby tree, and it topples over on top of the Green Spider 2! [5 hits: 32 damage]
Green Spider 2 has been struck down.

Combo: Neku
Julio leaps at the Green Spider 3 and cuts two of its legs off! [2 hits: 11 damage]
Ashen picks Julio up and throws him at the Green Spider...
Julio swings both his swords upwards and cuts the Green Spider's head off! SUDDEN DEATH HAS BEEN INFLICTED!
Green Spider 3 has been struck down.


Two Lime Green Spiders and a Green Spider Queen appear!


Ashen: "What? More? Urgh..."
Green Spider Queen: "I am Marné. I am queen here. You are dead soon!"

Marné spits a poisoned needle at Rina, but Ashen steps in and takes the blow!

Ashen: "Oh no you don't... Argh!"
Marné: "Hmph. No matter. You will die in agony... as will your friends. Minions... kill that young lady there."
Ashen: "... I... won't let... you...!"


PROTECTING OTHER CHARACTERS:
This is a special technique that Fighters can use to protect their allies from damage, taking damage themselves.
However, they can't attack if they protect their allies.


ITEMS:
The ability to use items in combat has been unlocked.
Check the Tome of Inventory (http://shanescavestory.createaforum.com/tomes/tome-of-inventory/msg4732/#msg4732) to see what you can use. You can, currently, use scrolls and potions.
In addition, when using an item, you can aim it at an ally or an enemy, depending on the effect of the item.
Using scrolls will make them disappear. If there is a scribe in the party, you can choose to sacrifice the scroll in order to add the scroll Glyph to the Tome of Intelligence.
Using potions will consume it, but leave behind an empty bottle. Alchemists can use these empty bottles to make potions, or they could be used to contain water.



Initiative Gauge:
01. Rina (096/102 HP) [Slowed]
02. Ashen (090/100 HP) [Slowed | Poisoned | Protecting Rina]
03. Polar (103/103 HP) [Slowed]
04. Kushagra (103/103 HP) [Slowed]
05. Julio (100/104 HP) [Slowed]
06. Richard (100/100 HP) [[6] Shots: 6] [Slowed]
07. Lime Green Spider 1 (045/045 HP)
08. Lime Green Spider 1 (045/045 HP)
09. Marné, Green Spider Queen (100/100 HP)
10. Green Spider 1 (030/030 HP) [Dead]
11. Green Spider 2 (030/030 HP) [Dead]
12. Green Spider 3 (030/030 HP) [Dead]



RINA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 22, 2013, 06:55:06 pm
shot nrst spdr
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 22, 2013, 08:28:43 pm
"Ooh, you gon' DIE now..."

Polar uses a Potion of Blindness on Queen Marne.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 22, 2013, 10:26:36 pm
Attack Marné...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 24, 2013, 05:44:59 am
"Marne! Prepare to meet your end!"

*Run to pick up my thrown Katana, Put it in the ground, And use it as a base to spin around so my legs are hitting all the spiders*

"Necrondas Lekharos Ashen!" (I will get revenge for you, Ashen!)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 25, 2013, 11:03:16 am
Attack Marne
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on August 25, 2013, 09:30:04 pm
Rina lunges at Marné, Green Spider Queen, and stabs her with the two daggers! [2 hits: 9 damage]

Ashen steps in front of Rina and takes damage from the poison! (-10 HP)

Polar throws a Potion of Blindness at Marné...
Marné grabs the potion with her web and drinks from the bottle.
The potion takes effect! Marné is blinded!
Marne drops the empty potion bottle on the ground and it shatters!

Kushagra and Julio prepare to unleash a combination attack!

Kushagra and Julio both rush to Marné, carefully avoiding the glass shards.
Kushagra hits Marné hard over the head with his wooden katana! [1 hit: 7 damage]
Julio jumps up and stabs Marné in the head with both his sabres! [3 hits: 18 damage]

Richard fires a bullet at the Lime Green Spider 1! CRITICAL HIT! [14 damage]

Lime Green Spider 1 spits a sickly green web that entangles Richard! Richard is poisoned!
Lime Green Spider 2 bites Polar! Polar is poisoned! [15 damage]
Marné attempts to bite Kushagra, but ends up biting a tree because of the blindness!

Polar and Richard take damage from the poison! (-10 HP each)


Ashen: "The will of ice is strong... and I won't let anyone of you hurt her...!"
Marné: "Foolish Inhuman... once the girl dies... MY MINIONS WILL RISE FROM THE GRAVE! ... Now, if only I wasn't blinded by that fool of an Unknown...! I truly though that potion was one of Invulnerability, but... clearly not!"
Ashen: "... No wonder you bit a tree..."


Initiative Gauge:
01. Rina (096/102 HP) [Slowed]
02. Ashen (080/100 HP) [Slowed | Poisoned | Protecting Rina]
03. Polar (088/103 HP) [Slowed | Poisoned]
04. Kushagra (103/103 HP) [Slowed]
05. Julio (100/104 HP) [Slowed]
06. Richard (090/100 HP) [[6] Shots: 5] [Slowed | Poisoned]
07. Lime Green Spider 1 (031/045 HP)
08. Lime Green Spider 2 (045/045 HP)
09. Marné, Green Spider Queen (073/100 HP) [Blind]
10. Green Spider 1 (030/030 HP) [Dead]
11. Green Spider 2 (030/030 HP) [Dead]
12. Green Spider 3 (030/030 HP) [Dead]



RINA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Ability is passive. [Polar and Julio have Hidden Power, which they can use.])
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.


A SIDE NOTE:
"Attack nearest enemy" or variations thereof is the same as just saying "attack" - a random enemy will be chosen. Also, meow. :P
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on August 25, 2013, 10:16:26 pm
Attack Queen Marné...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on August 26, 2013, 12:33:05 am
Use Hidden Power!

And attack Lime Green Spider 2, if you can use attacks after using an ability. Which I really hope is the case.

"*Oh jeez, I've never been poisoned before, this is bad, THERE ARE STILL SPIDERS EVERYWHERE...

I need to kick it up a notch!*"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on August 26, 2013, 05:25:05 am
atck
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on August 26, 2013, 09:16:55 am
Attack Marne
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on August 26, 2013, 12:54:42 pm
Attack those idiot spiders!



(BTW I hate spiders. I don't fear them, just hate.)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on September 06, 2013, 07:03:37 am
Rina stabs Marné, Green Spider Queen, then spins around and plunges the other dagger into Marné's head! The second blow was a CRITICAL HIT! [2 hits: 14 damage]

Ashen steps in front of Rina and takes damage from the poison. (-10 HP)

Polar unleashes his/her/its Hidden Power!
Polar's attacks on enemies will be super effective for three turns.
Polar takes damage from the poison. (-10 HP)

Kushagra leaps and bashes Lime Green Spider 2 over the head with his Wooden Katana. [7 damage]

Julio and Richard prepare to unleash a combination attack!

Julio hands his swords to Richard, who somehow insert it into his gun.
Richard fires both swords, along with five bullets, at Marné, Green Spider Queen! [7 hits: 49 damage]
Richard takes damage from the poison. (-10 HP)
Julio's swords return to him.
Marné's Reaction Ability, Critical: Quicken, activated! Marné's speed is increased significantly.

Lime Green Spider 1 spits a sickly green web at Rina, but Ashen steps in! Ashen's condition worsens...
Lime Green Spider 2 fuses with Lime Green Spider 1 to become Giant Lime Green Spider!
Marné breathes toxic fumes but misses!

Ashen: "... Everything... is turning black... but... I refuse to surrender..."
Marné: "Hah! You're all going to die, and that girl will be the first! She will make an interesting vessel once she is dead... now, if only I wasn't blinded by that STUPID FOOL!"
Ashen: "Oh... no... you... DON'T...! You're not... gonna kill her... I won't let you...!"

Marné attempts to bite Rina, but ends up biting Giant Lime Green Spider! [39 damage]


Initiative Gauge:
01. Rina (096/102 HP) [Slowed]
02. Ashen (070/100 HP) [Slowed | Badly Poisoned | Protecting Rina]
03. Polar (078/103 HP) [Slowed | Poisoned | Super Effective [3]]
04. Kushagra (103/103 HP) [Slowed]
05. Julio (100/104 HP) [Slowed]
06. Richard (080/100 HP) [[6] Shots: 0] [Slowed | Poisoned | Reload]
07. Marné, Green Spider Queen (024/100 HP) [Blind | Fast]
08. Giant Lime Green Spider (030/075 HP)
09. Green Spider 1 (000/030 HP) [Dead]
10. Green Spider 2 (000/030 HP) [Dead]
11. Green Spider 3 (000/030 HP) [Dead]
12. Lime Green Spider 1 (031/045 HP) [Fused]
13. Lime Green Spider 2 (038/045 HP) [Fused]



RINA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Ability is passive. [Julio has Hidden Power, which he can use.])
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.


A SIDE NOTE:
Hidden Power is an ability that Julio and Polar have. This ability may only be used once per battle for each person who has it. Polar can't use it in this battle anymore, while Julio has yet to use it. When activated, all attacks from a character with the ability will be super effective for three turns, thus dealing more damage than usual. Using abilities will use up a turn, however. Counting the turn that Hidden Power is used, the ability would be active for four turns.

In addition, Reaction Abilities are abilities that come from certain pieces of equipment. "Critical" Reaction Abilities only activate if a character reaches Critical HP.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 06, 2013, 07:52:32 am
Attack Marné.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 06, 2013, 07:52:45 am
Attack one with most health.






(BTW the previous one was a plain joke) :P
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 06, 2013, 11:49:51 am
...dude, we would have survived anyway. D:

At any rate, Polar attacks Marné with Rina. The rest of you should probably focus on the Green Spider...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 06, 2013, 12:00:10 pm
Richard: (I feel something's been changed right now...)

Attck nearest enemy.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 07, 2013, 02:05:46 am
Julio," Suffer in darkness.."

Attack Lime Green Spider 1
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on September 07, 2013, 10:50:31 am
Rina leaps at Marné, Green Spider Queen and stabs her in the head! [2 hits: 9 damage]

Ashen steps in front of Rina and takes damage from the poison. (-20 HP)

Polar slashes Marné, Green Spider Queen, in the face! It's super effective! [1 hit: 8 damage]
Polar pokes Marné, Green Spider Queen, in the eye. For some reason, Marné explodes! FATALITY! [2 hit: 9999 damage][/i]
Giant Lime Green Spider is blown into smithereens! (-9999 HP)

Party gained experience points and coins!
005 XP + 002 MC + 001 SC: Green Spider (x3)
025 XP + 007 MC + 006 SC: Giant Lime Green Spider
040 XP + 015 MC + 010 SC: Marné, Green Spider Queen
080 XP + 024 MC + 017 SC: TOTAL AMOUNT GAINED

Money obtained:
4 Copper Coins (x3)
9 Copper Coins (x1)
2 Silver Coins (x1)


Marné dropped:
Tome of Fashion
Tome of Locations
Tome of Reaction
Tome of Recipes
Book of Fighters
2x Scroll of Magic Mapping
Scroll of Destruction
2x Potion of Poison
4x Potion of Lesser Healing
Potion of Healing
2x Bottle of Water
5x Elixir

Giant Lime Green Spider dropped:
Sealed Scroll
Strange Device


Welcome to level 3, Richard!
Welcome to level 6, Ashen!



Ashen: Th-thank... goodness...
Ashen begins coughing blood.
Rina: "Ashen!"

A sudden fog surrounds the entire party...
Party has been fully healed!
The fog slowly dissipates.

Kushagra: "What was that?"
Polar: "I dunno... and why did that big spider explode when I poked it with the pen?"
Julio: "We're healed, though. Wonder what these things are?"
Ashen: "We'll take it with us. Maybe we'll learn something then when we finally reach our destination!"
Richard: "Who's that person standing over there?"

Everyone turns to face the newcomer. This newcomer was facing the opposite way, glancing at the skies.

????: "Now you notice me... and I even healed you and cast level i Flare on that other arachnid."
Ashen: "W-wait, what? Th-that fog... you created it?"
????: "Of course I did. And not so much as a 'thanks'."

The newcomer spins around, wielding two absurdly sharp-looking katanas. The cloak the newcomer was wearing falls to the ground. Rina screams and falls to her knees, covering her eyes with her hands!

????: "Ah, so you are afraid of me, then? Do not worry... for you shall die soon! I have to warn you, though, she is too afraid to fight right now. So she shall be the last one to die in agony."
Ashen: "I'm not gonna let you hurt her! Remove that mask at once!"
????: "Ah, so she is afraid of masks then? Hah. I cannot remove it, because I would not want to kill myself by accident. In any case, please make this fun for me, will you? The last adventurers I had... murdered in cold blood... they barely lasted a minute against me. And they had slain twenty dragons before I even heard of that Skywing clan..."
Ashen: "What?! This girl is unreal...! Uh... thanks for healing us?"
????: "It is far too late for that now. Words are meaningless, Ashen, you should know that by now."
Ashen: "Y-you... know my... name?"
????: "Of course. After all... you are the only known survivor of that forest fire in 1542. Now... prepare to die in agony. My blades hunger for the blood of you six! Oh, and I should warn you: I am entirely immune to status effects, no matter what. Try to throw a potion of poison at me, and you will end up poisoning yourselves with the fumes from that potion. And I saw the goods that arachnid had, those elixirs will be entirely worthless. Sure, they bring you back from beyond the grave, I am sure you did not know that, but at what cost? You would have to waste your precious time fully healing the dead. Having only 15 health points when revived... I will just be able to strike them down again."
Ashen: "Health points? What are you talking about? We're not in a video game!"
????: "Not yet, you are not. After I am done here... I shall be asking the girl who hired me to make a video game of most of my life. An antagonist in the role of a protagonist... it should be an interesting twist, should it not? ... Whatever. Prepare to die."

NOTE:
Frightened characters deal less damage in combat, and can't attack the source of their fears. In this battle, for instance, Rina is entirely unable to attack her enemies.



BATTLE! vs Mysterious Murderess

Initiative Gauge:
01. Rina (102/102 HP) [Frightened]
02. Ashen (100/100 HP)
03. Polar (103/103 HP)
04. Kushagra (103/103 HP)
05. Julio (104/104 HP)
06. Richard (100/100 HP) [[6] Shots: 0] [Reload | Level Up!]
07. Mysterious Murderess (???/??? HP)


RINA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Detection: The character can detect hidden items. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.

POLAR: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. If the character can act twice per turn, then the duration is four turns, including the one in which the ability is activated. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.

KUSHAGRA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Super Luck: The character scores Critical Hits more often than normal. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.

JULIO: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. If the character can act twice per turn, then the duration is four turns, including the one in which the ability is activated. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.

RICHARD: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Rage: Increases all offensive stats of the character if an allied character is killed or knocked out. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 07, 2013, 12:00:16 pm
What's our inventory?
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 07, 2013, 12:01:48 pm
Julio," Better end this quick. I'm hungry again. :P "

Attack.


Changed my action in my next post.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 07, 2013, 12:12:11 pm
I'll Protect Rina. Guys go unleash the fury of the combos.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 07, 2013, 01:03:23 pm
Rina: defend. (She can't do much, and she's too scared...)

I can't attack, can I? I take it she has a gas mask or an oxygen mask, which explains why Rina is unable to attack.
But since she wasn't frightened in the battle against the spiders... then I guess it must be a gas mask that the mysterious foe has.
I wonder what this foe is capable of...?


What's our inventory?
Tome of Inventory (http://shanescavestory.createaforum.com/tomes/tome-of-inventory/msg4732/#msg4732).
There's even a link to it in Shane's signature. Or did you disable seeing signatures at some point?

Also, I believe you're still holding six magazines for your pistol; I guess ammunition can be equipped as well (as your character has it).
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 07, 2013, 01:37:01 pm
Waitwaitwait - Polar (and to a certain extent, myself) is afraid of spiders. We just barely killed 5 of them. Wut? :P

At any rate, this looks like it will be hard. I'm afraid of using Hidden Power, since everyone else is probably using Attack for a combo (no, Kush, you can't protect people), and I'd rather not be the Combo Breaker here, so...Attack!
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 07, 2013, 01:44:34 pm
shot gun at enemy.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 07, 2013, 01:53:09 pm
Well I don''t know. Either protect her or kill.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 07, 2013, 04:21:12 pm
I bet it's intentional. This enemy's HP is three question marks - either it's over 1000 or this battle is intended to be unbeatable, which is just for the purposes of a playable cutscene or something.

...

That's my guess... :-[
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 08, 2013, 07:27:52 am
Okay, I'm changing my action to defend myself.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on September 09, 2013, 11:27:40 am
Rina defends.
Ashen attacks the mysterious murderess but she dodges!

????: "Surely you can do better than that, can you not?"
Ashen: "Why you..."

Polar attacks the mysterious murderess but she dodges!

Polar: "So fast..."

Kushagra attacks the mysterious murderess but she dodges!

Kushagra: "That's unfair!"

Julio defends.

Julio: "If this keeps up... we don't stand a chance!"

Richard attempts to hit the mysterious murderess over the head with his gun, but she dodges!
Richard laughs nervously.

Richard: "Guess that's what happens when I forget to reload..."
Ashen: "It's no good, we can't even lay a finger on her!"
????: "I believe now it is my turn?"
Ashen: "Brace yourselves!"

The mysterious murderess used Extreme Doom Slash!

????: "Farewell!"

She slashes Julio with her katana and dagger! (-90 HP)
She stabs Richard with her katana and dagger! (-95 HP)
She throws her dagger and Kushagra and stabs him with her katana! (-91 HP)
She cuts Polar with her dagger and stabs him/her/it with her katana! (-94 HP)
She slashes Rina's face with her dagger and stabs Rina with her katana! (-98 HP)
She stabs Ashen in the chest with her dagger and slashes him with her katana! (-100 HP)



Ashen: "Gaah! N-no... n-now... I'll n-never be... able... to f-find... Hi... Hikari..."
????: "Whoa whoa whoa. What did you say?"

Ashen falls to the ground.

????: "He said Hikari..."

Suddenly, a fog surrounds the entire party...
Party has been fully healed!
The fog slowly dissipates.

The mysterious girl removes her mask.

????: "Answer me, Ashen."
Ashen: "H-Hikari... the one... who..."
????: "From Ashlight?"
Ashen: "... Y-yes..."
????: "In that case, I will apologize for attacking you..."

Ashen loses consciousness.

????: "If I had known he knew Hikari... Take this. I don't need these."

She takes two books from her bag, along with a smaller bag.
Received the Tome of Endania.
Received the Book of Magic Users.
Received two Healing Potions.
Received two Scrolls of Return.
Received one gold coin, fifty silver coins and twenty-five copper coins.
Received Letter to Ashen.

????: "Also, I take it that you have the Tome of Intellect? Can I see it?"

Julio handed the Tome of Intellect to her.

????: "Thank you. I am thankful to have a few unused scrolls with me. I shall sacrifice those scrolls that I have no need of so that you can use their glyphs if you are unable to use the scrolls."

Tome of Intellect updated and returned to the party.
The mysterious girl carves a mysterious glyph on the ground. Suddenly, the entire map is revealed to the party!

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|.......|||A|||||.|||||||.||...||||~~~||||.|||||||||
|.|||||.|||KJP.~..~...|||.||.|||||||~~~|||^|||||||||
|.|||||....Rr..~.~...d|||.||.||||||||~~~||.|||||||||
|.|||||||||....~~...dsHs......d||||..---..g|||||||||
|...#||||||....~....sd|||||d...||...|~~~||.O||||||||
|...M||||||||.|~|||||||||||..d....||||~~~|.+........
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+-----------------------------+--------------------+
| Where will you walk to now? | TERRAIN FEATURES:  |
+--------------+--------------+--------------------+
| K = Kushagra | J = Julio    | | = tree           |
| R = Richard  | r = Rina     | ~ = river          |
| P = Polar    | A = Ashen    | . = ground         |
| h = Harpy    | d = Dodo     | # = treasure chest |
| s = Squirrel | S = Spider   | + = door           |
| M = Mimic    | g = Goblin   | O = pillar         |
+--------------+--------------+ ^ = trap           |
                              | * = lever / switch |
                              | - = bridge         |
                              |                    |
                              +--------------------+


????: "I believe that, behind the door over there... is the way to Ashlight. I have not yet introduced myself, have I? I will wait for Ashen to wake up. Shall we set up camp? I believe it's about sunset right about now... and those monsters over there appear to be sleeping, so... what will it be?"

What will you answer?
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 09, 2013, 11:44:54 am
Well, you kind of killed us pretty badly and without much warning at all, but sure! Make yourself comfortable. ^_^
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 09, 2013, 12:01:53 pm
Y-y-yes... j-just d-don't wear th-that m-mask again... p-please...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 09, 2013, 12:21:18 pm
*Cough up blood*

Kush: "I...I...guess its.....a good....chance....for....me to get......some.....oxygen.....I have.....asthma...."

*Kush said yes. He needs lots of oxygen now that he lost so much blood and he is asthmatic. -3 HP now, then sleep.*
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 09, 2013, 02:25:50 pm
Yup
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 09, 2013, 03:29:08 pm
Julio," Sure..."
"Although I would be more comfortable AWAY from you."

Julio climbs up a tree, and sits on top of a branch, while staring a the full moon, dazzled by the moon light.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 09, 2013, 03:47:17 pm
Polaris remembers (s)he brought a candy bar.

Polaris splits it up among the group.

Here you are...man, I'm hungry. Did the day pass that quickly, that it's already night? Wow...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on September 10, 2013, 12:14:07 pm
Polar: "Well, you kind of killed us pretty badly and without much warning at all, but sure! Make yourself comfortable."
Rina: "Y-y-yes... j-just d-don't wear th-that m-mask again... p-please..."
????: "Do not worry. I will not unless it is an emergency..."

Kushagra starts coughing up blood.

Kushagra: "I... I... guess its... a good... chance... for... me to get... some... oxygen... I have... asthma..."
????: "Do not worry, you just need rest... but I do not get how you were bleeding. My weapons do not cause physical harm, for they are illusory weapons. And I control the element of Illusion. I do not understand this... but whatever. As long as you remain fine..."
Richard: "Yup."
Julio: "Sure... Although I would be more comfortable AWAY from you."

Julio, Rina, Polar, Kushagra and Richard's Trust increases by 5 points.
Julio climbs up a tree, and sits on top of a branch, while staring a the full moon, dazzled by the moon light. Polar remembers (s)he brought a candy bar and splits it up among the group.

Polar: "Here you are... man, I'm hungry. Did the day pass that quickly, that it's already night? Wow..."
????: "... Okay then. Do as you like, I guess. And candy bars? That would not be enough for seven people at all. I had... huh?"

Ashen regains consciousness.

Ashen: "My... my head..."
????: "Finally awake, are we?"
Ashen: "Y-you!"
????: "Let me talk, Ashen. If you will not let me, I can not get the chance to tell you something important."
Ashen: "Like what?"
????: "Like my name, for instance, or how I know you, or how I know Hikari, or about that letter you have..."
Ashen: "L-letter?"

Ashen grabs the letter from Rina, and hurriedly opens it up.

Ashen: "... Dear Ashen Swaardt... I believe you are doing well, so I won't bother asking you how you are doing. I know you are worried about me. After all, I did just suddenly vanish. But don't worry about me. I'm okay. Really. Don't try to find me. I've been sending intel to the military forces of Ashlight, thanks to the assassin I've hired. She knows me, but since I'm under an assumed name, she doesn't know that it's me. I've told her that you were an enemy, so I take it she tried to kill you. I apologize for that, I take full responsibility. I'll try to return after the war is over, okay? Signed, Hikari Aranara, a.k.a. Elizabeth Elvainedge."
????: "Wait, so... Elizabeth Elvainedge is actually Hikari Aranara?!"
Ashen: "There's more. P.S.: the assassin's name sounds similar to yours... but what interests me most is her last name. I hope you regain your memory, Ashen. Signed once more, Hikari♥ "
????: "So that is it, then? No wonder I could not contact you for so long. You lost your memories in that forest fire. I guess I have finally found you... brother."
Ashen: "B-b-b-b... BROTHER?!?!"

The immediate reaction was shocking. Julio nearly fell out of the tree, but managed to grab the branch and swing himself upwards back onto the branch. Rina nearly choked on the candy bar. Richard stepped back. Kushagra and Polar both looked surprised. Ashen's hair was standing on end. Everyone had looked surprised.

????: "Yes, Ashen. I am your sister, Aspen. Hopefully, you shall regain your memory. I would like that."
Ashen: "... B-but... prove it!"
Aspen: "I can only do that if you regain your memory, brother. Before our parents got divorced, we both told each other one secret, just in case we do not remember each other or something like that."
Ashen: "Well, if that's the case, someone could've spied on us."
Aspen: "Wrong. The room was soundproof. You and I were the only two in the room, for our elder sister locked the door from the outside."
Ashen: "Older sister?!"
Aspen: "Her name was Aswen. Since our father died, however, Aswen and I had to fend for ourselves. However, things got worse for she was kidnapped by an evil orcish necromancer called Sarenodrius."
Ashen: "WHAT?! But he's dead as of yesterday!"
Aspen: "Is that so? If only I had known sooner about you, Ashen. Then maybe Sarenodrius would still be alive... and then we could find the truth from that fool."
Ashen: "... I still don't remember anything. So you're not my sister."
Aspen: "As you wish. However, I must tell you how I know Hikari. We met in a school the year after we were separated. I told her that I missed my brother, and she volunteered to find a way to contact you... but, of course, because of the forest fire, that plan failed, because you were apparently headed over to where we had lived so that you could visit. You had ventured through the forest on your own."
Ashen: "... If that is true, we should have some sort of shared ability, right?"
Aspen: "Of course! The Bonds of Time! But for now, we should rest first. I will go make some dinner, since candy bars will not last long."

With that, Aspen got up and started making dinner using ingredients she had with her. Within an hour and thirty minutes, it was ready. Everyone had the same meal - chicken soup, hamburgers and bacon pie.

Ashen: "... What in the...? How many ingredients did you have with you?!"
Aspen: "The assassin school I went to had some cooking classes. I thought it would be useful. I have also learnt the way of the Scribe there. I am also a skilled seamstress."
Ashen: "That doesn't answer my question..."
Aspen: "Well, it will not be answered yet in any case. I am afraid the secrets of the assassin school's cooking classes are to remain just like that, a secret. However, we should start to eat before it gets cold. And do not worry, it is not poisoned. I do not poison food, because that is how our father was murdered. An assassin known simply as 'de Killer' poisoned his food and disappeared. She - or he - is from the rival school of assassins, making her - or him - my enemy. I aim to kill her for killing my father. That is why I chose to become an assassin."
Ashen: "What if it's really that Aswen person?"
Aspen: "What on Endania... oh, you think that Aswen is the assassin? No way. Here, catch."

Aspen throws something at Ashen, which he catches swiftly.
Magatama obtained.

Aspen: "You can see that I am not lying, can you not? I am not lying about anything right now. I am fully honest."
Ashen: "What? How should I know you're not lying?"
Aspen: "... You know what? I believe I am just going to keep quiet about this."
Ashen: "GAH! WHAT THE?!"
Aspen: "You see it, do you not? The chains? The lock? That is our power, a power that only we Swaardt triplets have. I do not know how it is possible, however... but Aswen was at school with me when our father was poisoned. He only noticed later that evening. The poison used... it takes eight hours before it takes effect, but when it does... death is instantaneous."
Ashen: "ACK!"
Aspen: "The lock and chains... they are gone, are they not?"
Ashen: "Y-yes... but what the heck is it?!"
Aspen: "As I said, it is a power that only you, Aswen and I have. Come on, eat up."

The party all ate the meal that Aspen had made. It was very filling.

Aspen: "Alright then. Any questions you have to ask me? I believe I can answer about three questions per person, excluding my brother."

What will you ask Aspen?

Questions remaining:
Julio: 3
Kushagra: 3
Polar: 3
Richard: 3
Rina: 3
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 10, 2013, 01:07:21 pm
Rina: "Well... o-okay... th-that food... it w-was t-tasty...

F-firstly, wh-what was with th-that s-scary mask...?
S-secondly, are y-you g-going to be t-t-travelling with us?
Th-thirdly... are y-you aware th-th-that Ashen h-has an Elemental S-scar?

... I guess I can't ask a fourth question..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 10, 2013, 02:39:03 pm
...my, so many plot twists...

Well, anyway, I'm fine. I'm not super curious or anything. Thank you for the cooking, though. ^_^

...oh, wait. Well, um...I do have one. Kind of.

Unrelated to anything, but do you know of any...undocumented passenger ships from Surfacia...?
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 10, 2013, 03:48:44 pm
"Well...."

"Three questions, is it?"


"Then, First off, do you have an elemental scar similar to Ashen? If so, then what element is it?"

"Secondly, how would you tell the difference between an assassin and a ninja?"

"Lastly..."

*Breathing starts to gain speed*

"Do...do...you have...a cure for.....for.....Seizures?"
"My....brother.....has.......them in.....serious condition....."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 10, 2013, 06:37:02 pm
I'll use my right to remain silent. :P
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 14, 2013, 01:15:38 am
Julio,from atop the tree,doesn't asks any questions.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 14, 2013, 10:39:26 am
Rina: "In that case... I shall ask six more questions... on behalf of... my friends...

Fourthly... why did you try to kill your own b-brother...?
Fifthly, why try to... kill us too?
S-sixthly, c-could you p-perhaps teach m-me to c-cast that healing f-fog s-spell?
Seventhly... d-do you k-know of a w-way to Elvania? I'm from th-there...
Eightly, wh-what's with the bandages? I have n-noticed that you w-wore bandages on your hands wh-when you w-were busy cooking...
And lastly... wh-why didn't Hikari choose t-to tell Ashen anything...?

I... I d-demand answers...! And d-don't even t-try to k-kill us... p-please?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on September 15, 2013, 08:31:21 pm
Rina: "Well... o-okay... th-that food... it w-was t-tasty..."
Aspen: "Thank you. Do not be shy, okay?"
Rina: "F-firstly, wh-what was with th-that s-scary mask...? S-secondly, are y-you g-going to be t-t-travelling with us? Th-thirdly... are y-you aware th-th-that Ashen h-has an Elemental S-scar? ... I guess I can't ask a fourth question..."

Aspen steps back in shock.

Aspen: "Ashen has an Elemental Scar!?"
Ashen: "What? It's not like it's life-threatening or anything."
Aspen: "There is much you have to be told, then. So much for hitting the sack early. Now, uh... what  is your name?"
Ashen: "That's Rina Newnova. The... unknown entity over there - and I don't mean offense - is Polar Star. Yes, that's the name. That guy over there in the tree is Julio. The young guy is Kushagra. The last one is Richard."
Aspen: "Nice meeting you all! You all know Ashen Swaardt, obviously, and you just found out that I am Aspen Swaardt... now, I was about to answer ms. Newnova's questions?"
Ashen: "Yes, you were, and just call her Rina. She's 17, I think."

Aspen sits cross-legged in front of the fire.

Aspen: "That mask was just in case of... well, encounting those spiders or something worse... I do not want to even think about it right now. To answer your second question, no. Unfortunately not yet. You all need to become my equals, you know - right now I am too strong to journey with you guys. I am too powerful, as you have seen. Sorry, Ashen, you probably wanted some time to get to know your sister, right?"
Ashen: "I'm not bothered. After all, I still have amnesia, apparently."
Aspen: "... Right. Is it true that you have an Elemental Scar, brother? Or are you all merely joking with me?"
Ashen: "Of course it is true. How else would they know about it?"
Aspen: "I was not aware of this. This is bad, then... we both are alike even when separated for several years, then."
Richard: "Huh?"
Kushagra: ""Well... Three questions, is it? Then, first off, do you have an Elemental Scar similar to Ashen? If so, then what element is it? Secondly, how would you tell the difference between an assassin and a ninja? Lastly..."
Aspen: "Hold it! Patience. I am getting to that. Yes, I do. I am cursed with a Poison Elemental Scar. As for the difference between an assassin and a ninja... well, we are on Endania, correct? I am not aware if there are any differences on other planets... but on Endania, only girls and women are allowed to become assassins. Boys and men are, on the other hand, the only ones allowed to become ninjas. They can use all forms of special techniques, apparently called 'jutsu', while assassins can, well, go all 'overkill' like you have just been a victim of. Anyway..."

Kushagra's breathing starts to gain speed.

Kushagra: "Do... do... you have... a cure for... for... Seizures? My... brother... has... them in... serious condition..."
Aspen: "... Sorry. I do not. Endania does not even have such a cure yet, although scientists are trying to create such a cure. Any other interrupting questions before I continue regarding Elemental Scars?"
Richard: "I'll use my right to remain silent."
Polar: "... My, so many plot twists... Well, anyway, I'm fine. I'm not super curious or anything. Thank you for the cooking, though."

Polar smiles.

Polar: "... Oh, wait. Well, um... I do have one. Kind of. Unrelated to anything, but do you know of any undocumented passenger ships from Surfacia?"
Aspen: "Richard, was it? ... I believe you ought to burn with the flames of the Elements, but a quick glance tells me that you do not control any elements yet. Am I correct?"
Richard: "Huh? I don't control any elements right now, yes."
Aspen: "I see. The flames of the Elements are special flames that permanently increase one's elemental affinity to the first element they can control. In any case. Polar... I am afraid that it is impossible. Sure, there are space shuttles going to Draconia, Cirai, even Sylraphia and Irova, but nobody can get there in their lifespans. It is impossible. Surfacia is way too far from Draconia. Try multiplying nine trillion by itself fifty times, and then you will know how many lightyears away Surfacia is from Draconia."
Ashen: "ARE YOU INSANE?! That's about 5.1537752073201133103646112976562e+647 lightyears away!"
Aspen: "I am sorry, WHAT? Did you just literally try and multiply that?!"
Ashen: "Yeah, I did."

Aspen sighs.

Aspen: "Just like I remember. Always doing crazy things sometimes. In any case, any other questions? Julio?"
Julio: "..."

Julio, from atop the tree, remains silent, not asking any questions.

Rina: "In that case... I shall ask six more questions... on behalf of... my friends... Fourthly... why did you try to kill your own b-brother...? Fifthly, why try to... kill us too? S-sixthly, c-could you p-perhaps teach m-me to c-cast that healing f-fog s-spell? Seventhly... d-do you k-know of a w-way to Elvania? I'm from th-there. Eightly, wh-what's with the bandages? I have n-noticed that you w-wore bandages on your hands wh-when you w-were busy cooking...? And lastly... wh-why didn't Hikari choose t-to tell Ashen anything...? I... I d-demand answers...! And d-don't even t-try to k-kill us... p-please?"

Aspen gasps.

Aspen: "You sure say a lot in one breath, Rina. Okay, I shall try my best to answer. Fourthly, I did not know he was my brother. After all, Ashen is a common name on Endania. However, Hikari knows him, and she is the only Hikari on this planet, since Hikari is not an Endanian name. Your fifth question, well, I had thought you to be enemies. Your sixth question... well, I suppose I may as well at some point. However, you will require a lot of magical energy, or have a potion of Free-Casting. That allows one to cast spells without needing magical energy. I shall hand you the recipe for it. As for your seventh question, it is possible. Eight, well... I wore these bandages since three days before Ashen and I were separated. He must have had removed his though."
Ashen: "No wonder I wore bandages when I was found in that forest..."
Aspen: "Yes. I never remove them. Not even once. That is why I wore plastic gloves when I was busy cooking. Also, my Elemental Scar is on my left hand, under the bandage. Ninth question, then... I do not know why Hikari did not tell Ashen a thing. You will have to ask her yourself, Ashen."
Ashen: "Right."
Aspen: "Oh, and Rina? Now that I know that you are friends of my brother, I will definitely not kill you... so do not worry."

Aspen smiles slightly, then frowns just as quickly as she smiled.

Aspen: "Ashen. We have only about ten years left to live."
Ashen: "What? Don't joke!"
Aspen: "I am not. Our Elemental Scars... they are fatal. If we have them for too long, we will die. In other words, when we turn twenty-seven years old, we will die and become absorbed by the one who gave us the scar."
Ashen: "You're lying!"
Aspen: "I am speaking the truth. Your knees feel like they were turned into stone between the hours of midnight and six in the morning. Your head hurts at that time as well. You have recurring nightmares of being murdered brutally by a shapeless monster. Am I wrong?"
Ashen: "...! Y-you're right...! B-but..."
Aspen: "I am also suffering from those. Those are the symptoms of the curse we bear. And... there is, thankfully, a cure."
Ashen: "What?!"
Rina: "R-really?! It's b-better than having to l-listen to m-moaning every evening..."
Ashen: "Hey!"
Richard: "Look, maybe we should listen to what she has to say."
Aspen: "Thank you, Richard. Yes, there is a cure to our curse. If you count dying, then that would be two cures."
Ashen: "I have no intentions of dying!"
Aspen: "Relax. Remember - elixirs can bring the dead back to life. We could kill ourselves and have our allies bring us back from the dead with those things. But that would be the painful way. The painless way would be... through the help of the Draconian pantheon."
Ashen: "No. Just... NO. I almost got killed by them last year!"
Aspen: "... I do not follow..."
Ashen: "They're all trying to get rid of me for some reason! E-especially that scary brunette with the scary mask and maroon dress and dark-turquoise gloves..."
Aspen: "Sjane Handschuhklinge?! She is the husband of prince Seth Tyranto from Draconia! I do not understand... she and her colleagues are trying to kill you...? What on Endania is going on here...?"

An hour goes by in silence, after which everyone went to bed (Julio sleeping in the tree). They slept blissfully in peace, uninterrupted by monsters. However, none of them noticed a meteor shower.



21 Moneysun 1553, 06:30
Silvertree Jungle

The sun rises at last. Everyone gets up, and prepares to continue their journey.

Aspen: "I shall be going to try and find a way to open that gate, then..."

CRASH

Ashen: "What the?"

The party checks the map. The northern bridge is gone, and there's a mysterious B there!

Ashen: "Uh oh! This looks bad."
Aspen: "Bahamut... the Water master. You guys get Bahamut. I shall go around and backstab it. If that thing can be killed... then you guys will have some more unique items with you."
Ashen: "Okay then..."

Quest added: BAHAMUT, THE WATER MASTER

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|.|||||....Rr..~.~...d|||.||.||||||||~~~||.|||||||||   EAST: Ashlight City
|.|||||||||..a.~~...dsHs...%..d||||..---..g|||||||||   WEST: Quietsilence Town
|...#||||||....~....sd|||||d...||...|~~~||.O||||||||  SOUTH: ? ? ?
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+-----------------------------+--------------------+
| Where will you walk to now? | TERRAIN FEATURES:  |
+--------------+--------------+--------------------+
| K = Kushagra | J = Julio    | | = tree           |  Aspen's destination: %
| R = Richard  | r = Rina     | ~ = river          |
| P = Polar    | A = Ashen    | . = ground         |
| h = Harpy    | d = Dodo     | # = treasure chest |
| s = Squirrel | S = Spider   | + = door           |
| M = Mimic    | g = Goblin   | O = pillar         |
| B = Bahamut  | a = Aspen    | ^ = trap           |
+--------------+--------------+ * = lever / switch |
                              | - = bridge         |
 PARTY LEADER: Rina           |                    |
                              +--------------------+
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 16, 2013, 11:39:26 am
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|.|||||....Rr..~.~...d|||.||.||||||||~~~||.|||||||||   EAST: Ashlight City
|.|||||||||..a.~~...dsHs...%..d||||..---..g|||||||||   WEST: Quietsilence Town
|.X.#||||||....~....sd|||||d...||...|~~~||.O||||||||  SOUTH: ? ? ?
|#..M||||||||.|~|||||||||||..d....||||~~~|.+........
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+-----------------------------+--------------------+
| Where will you walk to now? | TERRAIN FEATURES:  |
+--------------+--------------+--------------------+
| K = Kushagra | J = Julio    | | = tree           |  Aspen's destination: %
| R = Richard  | r = Rina     | ~ = river          | Group: X
| P = Polar    | A = Ashen    | . = ground         |
| h = Harpy    | d = Dodo     | # = treasure chest |
| s = Squirrel | S = Spider   | + = door           |
| M = Mimic    | g = Goblin   | O = pillar         |
| B = Bahamut  | a = Aspen    | ^ = trap           |
+--------------+--------------+ * = lever / switch |
                              | - = bridge         |
 PARTY LEADER: Rina           |                    |
                              +--------------------+


Rina: ... Two treasures... a Mimic... we should g-go there... hopefully find s-something useful..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 16, 2013, 11:57:12 am
Julio," I agree with Rina. Either way, I'll go with Rina."
"I feel like a storm is coming. And I'm not being literal here."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 16, 2013, 12:26:25 pm
I will go with Aspen. Take the important things I have and loot the treasure. I need to help Aspen defeat Bahamut.



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......................||||..|||g|...~B~.......H.*.||     |
|||||.................ddd..||||...||~~~|||.||||H..||   W-+-E
||||||||||.||||||.|||||||.||||..|||~~~||||^|||||||||     |
||||||||||..|||||.|||||||.||||#|||~~~|||||.|||||||||     S
|||||||||||.|||||.|||||||g||||M|||~~~|||||.|||||||||
|.......|||A|||||.|||||||.||...||||~~~||||.|||||||||
|.|||||.|||KJP.~..~...|||.||.|||||||~~~|||^|||||||||  NORTH: ? ? ?
|.|||||....Rr..~.~...d|||.||.||||||||~~~||.|||||||||   EAST: Ashlight City
|.|||||||||..a.~~...dsHs..@%..d||||..---..g|||||||||   WEST: Quietsilence Town
|.X.#||||||....~....sd|||||d...||...|~~~||.O||||||||  SOUTH: ? ? ?
|#..M||||||||.|~|||||||||||..d....||||~~~|.+........
|||||||||||||||~||||||||||||||||||||||~~~||O||||||||

+-----------------------------+--------------------+
| Where will you walk to now? | TERRAIN FEATURES:  |
+--------------+--------------+--------------------+
| K = Kushagra | J = Julio    | | = tree           |  Aspen's destination: %
| R = Richard  | r = Rina     | ~ = river          | Group: X
| P = Polar    | A = Ashen    | . = ground         | Kushagra: @
| h = Harpy    | d = Dodo     | # = treasure chest |
| s = Squirrel | S = Spider   | + = door           |
| M = Mimic    | g = Goblin   | O = pillar         |
| B = Bahamut  | a = Aspen    | ^ = trap           |
+--------------+--------------+ * = lever / switch |
                              | - = bridge         |
 PARTY LEADER: Rina           |                    |
                              +--------------------+


Kushagra: "Rina, with your permission, I ask that I go with Aspen to defeat this....Bahamut. You may take some of the things I am carrying, but let me have one of the Potions of Healing."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 16, 2013, 12:43:17 pm
*Well, that's...hm. No possible way, huh...*

"Um...I think we should challenge the Bahamut together. Maybe it could wait until after we do the other stuff?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 16, 2013, 01:54:16 pm
Rina: "R-remember what Aspen said. We are t-to get Bahamut. She can handle herself, c-c-considering how easily she b-beat us. She can b-beat those monsters with ease. B-besides, w-we don't know how s-strong a Mimic c-can be... w-we may need you t-to help us against th-that Mimic..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 16, 2013, 03:22:15 pm
Julio," Assuming that Bahamut is a boss, and a Mimic is not, the boss is always stronger,aren't they?"
"And we don't know how strong Bahamut is,do we? What if Bahamut is stronger than Aspen? We'd never know, would we?"
"So,think going to Bahamut is a better option right now, actually. But then again, it's completely a decision for ourselves."

"In any case, I'll go with Rina."

Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 16, 2013, 03:32:47 pm
Rina: "I b-bet she'll wait for us to d-distract Bahamut f-first. Besides... we m-might find s-something in those t-treasure chests th-that c-could help us out wh-when we f-finally b-battle Bahamut..."

Rina looks at Ashen.

Rina: "S-something wrong, Ashen?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 16, 2013, 03:40:19 pm
Julio,"....hmm...."
"True, Rina. "
"It could be true that Bahamut might be too strong for us. Henceforth, we should take some help from the chests, I guess."
"I'll still go with you,anyways, Rina."

Julio gives a questioning glance at Richard.

Julio,"What do you think, Richard? Better option?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 17, 2013, 10:09:23 am
Me going with Rina.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 18, 2013, 10:39:03 am
Rina: "Th-then let's g-go!"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 23, 2013, 04:59:34 pm
Polar looks up.

Oh, we're going to the mimic, then? Gotcha.

Polar gets up.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 24, 2013, 02:01:21 pm
Tears run down Rina's cheeks...

Rina: "... Liandri..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 24, 2013, 02:40:18 pm
Um...something wrong, Rina?...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 24, 2013, 03:34:12 pm
Rina: "... I think something... h-happened to my s-sister L-Liandri..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 25, 2013, 01:14:19 am
Julio,"Like what,exactly?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 25, 2013, 09:52:05 am
Rina: "... I... do not know... b-but... th-these tears are p-proof enough... of this, I am... s-sure..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 25, 2013, 10:10:36 am
Julio,"Rina,are you sure you are ready to continue?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 25, 2013, 11:03:36 am
Well, um...you know, I think Liandri, wherever she is, is fine. But...well, I seriously am considering that maybe we should take a break or find another path or something. We need to be in good shape to fight the Mimic and Bahamut, and if Rina's damaged emotionally, well...

Also, please don't cry. You're going to make me cry. >:
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 25, 2013, 11:26:21 am
"Yes, Julio. I'm ready."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 25, 2013, 11:29:32 am
...he wasn't talking to you, silly. :P
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 25, 2013, 12:40:10 pm
"I thought he said my name.
"All well."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on September 25, 2013, 01:15:31 pm
Rina: "... Two treasures... a Mimic... we should g-go there... hopefully find s-something useful..."
Julio: "I agree with Rina. Either way, I'll go with Rina. I feel like a storm is coming. And I'm not being literal here."
Kushagra: "Rina, with your permission, I ask that I go with Aspen to defeat this... Bahamut. You may take some of the things I am carrying, but let me have one of the Potions of Healing."
Polar: "(Well, that's... hm. No possible way, huh...)"
Polar: "Um... I think we should challenge the Bahamut together. Maybe it could wait until after we do the other stuff?"
Rina: "R-remember what Aspen said. We are t-to get Bahamut. She can handle herself, c-c-considering how easily she b-beat us. She can b-beat those monsters with ease. B-besides, w-we don't know how s-strong a Mimic c-can be... w-we may need you t-to help us against th-that Mimic..."
Julio: "Assuming that Bahamut is a boss, and a Mimic is not, the boss is always stronger, aren't they? And we don't know how strong Bahamut is, do we? What if Bahamut is stronger than Aspen? We'd never know, would we? So, think going to Bahamut is a better option right now, actually. But then again, it's completely a decision for ourselves. In any case, I'll go with Rina."
Rina: "I b-bet she'll wait for us to d-distract Bahamut f-first. Besides... we m-might find s-something in those t-treasure chests th-that c-could help us out wh-when we f-finally b-battle Bahamut..."

Rina looks at Ashen.

Rina: "S-something wrong, Ashen?"
Ashen: "Just thinking of what Aspen told us last night... I'm wondering. Is she really my sister? Can we really trust her? ... Ignore me, I'm just dwelling on thoughts..."
Julio: "... Hmm... True, Rina. It could be true that Bahamut might be too strong for us. Henceforth, we should take some help from the chests, I guess. I'll still go with you, anyways, Rina."

Julio gives a questioning glance at Richard, who hadn't said a thing for quite some time.

Julio: "What do you think, Richard? Better option?"
Richard: "Me going with Rina."
Rina: "Th-then let's g-go!"

Polar looks up.

Polar: "Oh, we're going to the mimic, then? Gotcha."

Polar gets up. Then tears run down Rina's cheeks...

Rina: "... Liandri..."
Polar: Um...something wrong, Rina?...
Rina: "... I think something... h-happened to my s-sister L-Liandri..."
Julio: "Like what, exactly?"
Rina: "... I... do not know... b-but... th-these tears are p-proof enough... of this, I am... s-sure..."
Ashen: "The bond between two relatives..."
Julio: "Rina, are you sure you are ready to continue?"
Polar: Well, um... you know, I think Liandri, wherever she is, is fine. But...well, I seriously am considering that maybe we should take a break or find another path or something. We need to be in good shape to fight the Mimic and Bahamut, and if Rina's damaged emotionally, well... Also, please don't cry. You're going to make me cry."
Richard: "Yes, Julio. I'm ready."
Polar: "... He wasn't talking to you, silly."
Richard: "I thought he said my name. All well."
Ashen: "Let's just go, okay? Time is of the essence!"

The group walk to a small area with three treasure chests. However, one of them starts talking!

Treasure Chest: "Greetings, people!"
Ashen: "MIMIC! DIE, BEAST!"
Mimic: "That's what everybody says. I just want to be friends!"



What will you say?



AREA MAP:
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||~~~|||||||||||||
|||||.................|||||...Hd||||~~~||||||||H..||     N
......................||||..|||g|...~B~.......H.*.||     |
|||||.................ddd..||||...||~~~|||.||||H..||   W-+-E
||||||||||.||||||.|||||||.||||..|||~~~||||^|||||||||     |
||||||||||..|||||.|||||||.||||#|||~~~|||||.|||||||||     S
|||||||||||.|||||.|||||||g||||M|||~~~|||||.|||||||||
|.......|||.|||||.|||||||.||...||||~~~||||.|||||||||
|.|||||.|||....~..~...|||.||.|||||||~~~|||^|||||||||  NORTH: ? ? ?
|.|||||........~.~...d|||.||.||||||||~~~||.|||||||||   EAST: Ashlight City
|P|||||||||....~~.a.dsHs...%..d||||..---..g|||||||||   WEST: Quietsilence Town
|JrR#||||||....~....sd|||||d...||...|~~~||.O||||||||  SOUTH: ? ? ?
|#KAM||||||||.|~|||||||||||..d....||||~~~|.+........
|||||||||||||||~||||||||||||||||||||||~~~||O||||||||

+-----------------------------+--------------------+
| SILVERTREE JUNGLE           | TERRAIN FEATURES:  |
+--------------+--------------+--------------------+
| K = Kushagra | J = Julio    | | = tree           |  Aspen's destination: %
| R = Richard  | r = Rina     | ~ = river          |
| P = Polar    | A = Ashen    | . = ground         |
| h = Harpy    | d = Dodo     | # = treasure chest |
| s = Squirrel | S = Spider   | + = door           |
| M = Mimic    | g = Goblin   | O = pillar         |
| B = Bahamut  | a = Aspen    | ^ = trap           |
+--------------+--------------+ * = lever / switch |
                              | - = bridge         |
 PARTY LEADER: Rina           |                    |
                              +--------------------+
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 25, 2013, 02:24:28 pm
Kushagra: "Beast of a Mimic, thou doesn't seem to be wanting to defy us. Do thee hold some valuable information we can do something to know or are you just another hostile beast?"












(Yay now Shane can just quote and delete the things! I'll make my posts easier!)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 25, 2013, 02:52:15 pm
Be cautious and only attack if the Mimic attacks.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 25, 2013, 08:29:39 pm
(I hope Rina'll be okay. I don't think Ashen should be this hasty.)

If your intentions be true, I'll totally be friends!

If your metaphorical tongue intends to deceive, though, I'll kind of just help kill you.

So! Are you being serious? Choose your words carefully...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 25, 2013, 08:33:43 pm
Rina: ... I feel... nauseous...

C-can we just h-hurry up already? L-let's t-t-take the treasures... h-hopefully n-nothing will m-murder us with p-poisonous gases and v-venomous fangs a-and t-toxic claws and d-d-deadly glares...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 26, 2013, 07:38:06 am
Julio,"Mimic, why should we trust you? You could say you want to be a friend and attack us when we're distracted."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on September 26, 2013, 11:19:44 am
Mimic: "I am no hostile beast, I'll have you know! Here, young lady."

A green glow surrounds Rina and the rest of the party.

Ashen: "I know that spell, it's a spell that's supposed to remove nausea, right?"
Mimic: "The young man is well-informed! It is indeed so."
Ashen: "Actually, that spell was cast on me a few years back."
Mimic: "I see. I say, young chaps, take whatever you can carry from the treasure chests. I'm here merely for the spectacular view of the Silvertree Waterfall."
Ashen: "... Are you sure you're not planning on eating us?"
Mimic: "My word! I'm offended that anyone would think that I eat people! Although I suspect it could be my current appearance that's the cause..."

What will you say/ask?
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 26, 2013, 11:48:55 am
Well, okay...I'm willing to trust you. But...

Polar turns to the rest of the group.

Here. Let me grab the treasure, okay? Just stay back, and I'll grab it all and bring it here, hopefully with no trouble. And if the Mimic does attack me, you can all rush in and do what you do.

Polar looks back at the Mimic.

...not that I think that will be necessary, mind. Polar smiles at the chest.

So, can I go for it?
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 26, 2013, 01:26:35 pm
Rina: "Yeah, g-g-go for it.
Also... th-thank you, m-mimic...

So wh-what's with th-the appearance of a m-mimic anyway?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 26, 2013, 03:31:18 pm
Julio," Go for it."
"Say, Mimic. You're a native of this land, right? You know any secrets or legends about this place?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 26, 2013, 03:34:07 pm
(TAYLOR YOU ARE CCURED BY THAT NASEUA CURING SPELL!)






Kushagra: "I'll take the other chest, but my katana is at ready for anything."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 26, 2013, 03:51:03 pm
Uh, it's okay, Kush. I'll take care of it...

Polar makes their way to the first
chest, trying very hard to be casual about it. After a tiny wave in the Mimic's direction, Polar opens the first chest...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 26, 2013, 04:30:19 pm
 "Be careful! You don't know if these are the mimic's friends."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 27, 2013, 01:49:27 am
Julio,"Just a thought- How do we know that's the ONLY mimic here right now...? That chest over there could just be another mimic..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 27, 2013, 08:47:49 am
Rina: "The m-map..."

Rina opens the Tome of Endania to the page on Silvertree Jungle.

AREA MAP:
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||~~~|||||||||||||
|||||.................|||||...Hd||||~~~||||||||H..||     N
......................||||..|||g|...~B~.......H.*.||     |
|||||.................ddd..||||...||~~~|||.||||H..||   W-+-E
||||||||||.||||||.|||||||.||||..|||~~~||||^|||||||||     |
||||||||||..|||||.|||||||.||||#|||~~~|||||.|||||||||     S
|||||||||||.|||||.|||||||g||||M|||~~~|||||.|||||||||
|.......|||.|||||.|||||||.||...||||~~~||||.|||||||||
|.|||||.|||....~..~...|||.||.|||||||~~~|||^|||||||||  NORTH: ? ? ?
|.|||||........~.~...d|||.||.||||||||~~~||.|||||||||   EAST: Ashlight City
|P|||||||||....~~.a.dsHs...%..d||||..---..g|||||||||   WEST: Quietsilence Town
|JrR#||||||....~....sd|||||d...||...|~~~||.O||||||||  SOUTH: ? ? ?
|#KAM||||||||.|~|||||||||||..d....||||~~~|.+........
|||||||||||||||~||||||||||||||||||||||~~~||O||||||||

+-----------------------------+--------------------+
| SILVERTREE JUNGLE           | TERRAIN FEATURES:  |
+--------------+--------------+--------------------+
| K = Kushagra | J = Julio    | | = tree           |  Aspen's destination: %
| R = Richard  | r = Rina     | ~ = river          |
| P = Polar    | A = Ashen    | . = ground         |
| h = Harpy    | d = Dodo     | # = treasure chest |
| s = Squirrel | S = Spider   | + = door           |
| M = Mimic    | g = Goblin   | O = pillar         |
| B = Bahamut  | a = Aspen    | ^ = trap           |
+--------------+--------------+ * = lever / switch |
                              | - = bridge         |
 PARTY LEADER: Rina           |                    |
                              +--------------------+


Rina: "It l-looks as though... m-magic mapping always r-reveals the l-locations of m-monsters and f-foes..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on September 27, 2013, 12:51:35 pm
Mimic: "I have no friends, for I... was never a mimic two years ago."
Ashen: "WHAT?! You weren't a mimic? Then... magic?"
Mimic: "Yes. I was transmogrified into this... monstrosity that is a mimic."


Polar opens the first chest.
Party obtained:
2x Potions of Blindness
2x Potions of Amnesia
1x Potion of Truth
1x Scroll of Darkness
2x Scrolls of Acquirement
5x School Shoes
5x School Uniforms
1x Cotton Gloves
1x Fedora
1x Amulet of the Squirrel



Ashen: "Is it just me or are we being spoiled?"
Mimic: "Those... belonged to me and my girlfriend, prior to me becoming cursed."

The mimic sighs.

Mimic: "You asked if I know any secrets or legends. Well... every time it rains, the waterfall mysteriously dries up... it's the only way to access a cave behind the waterfall."
Ashen: "That's all good and well, but how are you cursed?"
Mimic: "It's a long story. I believe I shall drop my formal-speak and just hurry with the details."
Ashen: "Don't skip anything important, then."

Mimic: "It was about two years ago. My girlfriend and I came here on a date. It was her twelfth birthday. I was going to propose to her... when a witch came by and cast a spell on us! We were both unable to move. She cast another spell on my girlfriend, who lost consciousness. She then cast a spell on me to turn me into a mimic. She told me that the only way to break the curse... was to die. Then she laughed madly. Insanely. That laugh... it gives me nightmares to this day. However, I've learnt a few tricks as a mimic. What is my name? Elliot Tobias. My girlfriend... she was Miki Veronica Fairblaze. I don't know if she's still alive or anything..."

Ashen: "TWELFTH BIRTHDAY?!"
Mimic / Elliot: "Yeah. I was thirteen then."
Ashen: "YOU WERE THIRTEEN?!"

Ashen falls to the ground in shock.

Elliot: "... I think I broke him..."

Elliot hops to the other chest.

Elliot: "This chest should contain some more things of mine and Miki. I bet I'm one-of-a-kind in terms of Mimics, right? Never harmed anyone except arachnids. And the occasional goblin. Greedy little chums, I must say."

Ashen leaps to his feet.

Ashen: "YOU WERE GOING TO PROPOSE TO A TWELVE-YEAR-OLD?!"
Elliot: "Like I did say, I was thirteen then. In fact... I turn fifteen tomorrow."
Ashen: "ISN'T THAT ILLEGAL OR SOMETHING?!"
Elliot: "... If we were under the age of eleven, it would be illegal. If we were on planet Draconia, we'd have to be at least fourteen."
Ashen: "OH, THIS IS JUST GREAT!"

Ashen kicks the other treasure chest.

Elliot: "OW! I say, you can't just go around kicking things! You'll hurt yourself by accident, dear chum!"
Ashen: "HAD I KNOWN THAT I--"

Ashen stops suddenly, turning as red as a tomato. He starts laughing nervously.

Ashen: "Ah, never mind, uh, just continue with whatever you guys were talking about... ha ha, ha ha..."
Elliot: "... That's... pretty strange behavior, I must say."

What will you say/ask/do?
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 27, 2013, 02:06:07 pm
-> Equip Cotton Gloves
-> Equip School Uniform
-> Equip School Shoes
-> Equip Fedora

Rina: "Ashen... are you... in l-love with... Hikari?"

Rina giggles.

Rina: "K-Kushagra... c-can you p-please open th-that treasure chest...?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 27, 2013, 02:35:20 pm
(Wear Amulet of Squirrel and School Shoes and Uniform. Keep potions with me. I'll blind and anemesieate when necessary)


Kushagra: "Alright, Rina."


*Kushagra tries to open the chest. However, due to his young age, he requires the help of his katana. The chest then opens up*
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on September 27, 2013, 02:36:36 pm
"I wonder what the Amulet of the Squirrel does."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 27, 2013, 03:15:10 pm
*Equip-
School Shoes
School Uniform
(If possible) Scroll of Darkness

Julio," ..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 27, 2013, 03:23:38 pm
Hm. This is sone good stuff!

Polar looks at Ashen.

(http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/131/399/fry.PNG?1307468855)

Heavens, Ashen, calm down. The past is the past-

While Polar is turned around, Rina grabs some equipment.

H...hey! I thought we were supposed to CHOOSE who gets what!

While Polar is turned to Rina, Kush grabs some other things.

WH-HEY! Kush, I'm serious!

Kush goes off to open the other chest...with his katana.

WAIT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

Polar tackles Kush out of the way.

Dude! Elliot is still IN THERE!
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on September 27, 2013, 04:04:03 pm
Elliot: "Ah, that is something I do not know of..."

Ashen continues to remain as red as a chilli.

Ashen: "Ack! N-n-no! I-I'm n-not! Wh-where do you even get that idea, Rina?!"
Elliot: "I'm not inside anything, you simpleton! I was TURNED into a mimic, not SWALLOWED by one! Just open the chest, kid."

Kushagra gets up and opens the treasure chest...
Party acquired:
4x Leather Gloves
4x Leather Hats
1x Wooden Buckler
1x Vial of Poison
2x Potions of Polymorph
1x Ring of the Fox
1x Ring of the Aevir
1x Ring of Faith
1x Bracelet of Healing

Elliot: "... Now then. If you have any final questions to ask, do so quickly. I plan on leaving soon, since I can't very well go seeking Miki Veronica."
Ashen: "I won't be equipping anything... anyway..."

Ashen clears his throat.

Ashen: "Richard, I believe you ought to check the Tome of Inventory for that, as well as the effects of the other items. You may learn something new, after all! Also, Polar... you don't know much about Endanian fashion, do you? Also, those items she equipped aren't much as armor, but those from the other treasure chest IS. In any case... Rina is the party leader, at least whenever we are in Silvertree Jungle. If she wants to equip something, let her."

Elliot: "Well said, chum!"
Ashen: "Can you PLEASE stop calling me that?"
Elliot: "I would, but I don't know your name. Not that it would matter."
Ashen: "Captain Parachute Face say what?"
Elliot: "I shall be explaining once the final questions have been asked, the final words been said..."


What will you ask / do / say?

(Note: equipment will be equipped after the cutscene.)
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 27, 2013, 04:57:07 pm
Okay, so All of us can have a leather hat and a leather gloves. Maybe someone can take the buckler shield? I also want some of the accessories we have. I'll leave them for others if they want them. I will not take the buckler, Ring of Aevir, and Bracelet of Healing. Also let's not use scrolls unless we really need those things. Like, only in emergencies. We can have a scribe sometime in the future and then we can write down the Glyphs for Non-scroll use.


(Equip Amulet of Squirrel, Ring of Fox, Ring of Faith, School Shoes, Uniform, Leather Gloves and Hat with permission from others.)
(The first 3 items if someone else wants, they can take it.)

Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on September 27, 2013, 05:24:41 pm
Ugh. Sorry. I don't know how Mimics work, and I was slightly panicking because everyone was post - er, doing things too quickly and blah. :(

And of course I don't know how Endanian fashion goes, I didn't grow up here...actually, I haven't been here super long at all, or at least I don't think I did...and I don't know fashion in general, have you seen the way I dress? Polar gestures towards their clothes despairingly.

...and of course there was enough for everyone. God, I'm stupid. Polar sighs.

Polar closes their eyes. They take a deep breath.

...okay. Well. The Ring of the Fox is tempting, but somehow I think I should take the Ring of Faith...if it's okay...

/equip Ring of Faith

And the other stuff too, I guess...

/equip Leather gloves, Leather hat
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 27, 2013, 06:58:05 pm
Rina: "Hold up, Kushagra. Th-there are f-f-five accessories total. I b-believe each one of us, with Ashen as exception, sh-should have one accessory each. Also, we c-can p-probably use d-duplicate scrolls, r-right? Wh-when we finish off Bahamut... we could ask Aspen about the s-scrolls. She d-did add th-the Magic Mapping glyph to our Tome of Intellect... right?"

Rina shivers.

Rina: "I f-feel c-cold..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on September 28, 2013, 02:30:17 am
Kushagra: "Alright, but I'll still keep the Amulet of Squirrel. I think we should go to Bahamut now."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on September 28, 2013, 04:23:12 am
Julio,"I...don't feel t-too well..."
Sits down on the ground.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on September 30, 2013, 10:27:30 pm
Rina: "For some... r-reason... I feel... EVIL... Mwah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah! ... When's Halloween? Also, mr. Mimic, any ideas for a Halloween costume?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on October 04, 2013, 11:52:02 pm
Elliot: "What's Halloween? ... Hah. Never mind. I must be going now..."
Ashen: "Wait!"

Elliot the mimic glows white, then explodes into sparkles! All that remains is a card...

Mimic (Card) obtained!

Ashen: "Huh? ... Wonder what this can be used for... Let's go!"

Where will you go to now?

AREA MAP:
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|||||.................|||||...Hd||||~~~||||||||H..||     N
......................||||..|||g|...~B~.......H.*.||     |
|||||.................ddd..||||...||~~~|||.||||H..||   W-+-E
||||||||||.||||||.|||||||.||||..|||~~~||||^|||||||||     |
||||||||||..|||||.|||||||.||||#|||~~~|||||.|||||||||     S
|||||||||||.|||||.|||||||g||||M|||~~~|||||.|||||||||
|.......|||.|||||.|||||||.||...||||~~~||||.|||||||||
|.|||||.|||....~..~...|||.||.|||||||~~~|||^|||||||||  NORTH: ? ? ?
|.|||||........~.~...d|||.||.||||||||~~~||.|||||||||   EAST: Ashlight City
|P|||||||||....~~.a.dsHs...%..d||||..---..g|||||||||   WEST: Quietsilence Town
|JrR#||||||....~....sd|||||d...||...|~~~||.O||||||||  SOUTH: ? ? ?
|#KAM||||||||.|~|||||||||||..d....||||~~~|.+........
|||||||||||||||~||||||||||||||||||||||~~~||O||||||||

+-----------------------------+--------------------+
| SILVERTREE JUNGLE           | TERRAIN FEATURES:  |
+--------------+--------------+--------------------+
| K = Kushagra | J = Julio    | | = tree           |  Aspen's destination: %
| R = Richard  | r = Rina     | ~ = river          |
| P = Polar    | A = Ashen    | . = ground         |
| h = Harpy    | d = Dodo     | # = treasure chest |
| s = Squirrel | S = Spider   | + = door           |
| M = Mimic    | g = Goblin   | O = pillar         |
| B = Bahamut  | a = Aspen    | ^ = trap           |
+--------------+--------------+ * = lever / switch |
                              | - = bridge         |
 PARTY LEADER: Rina           |                    |
                              +--------------------+
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on October 05, 2013, 03:33:40 am
There is a chest of treasure near Bahamut. We can take that on the way to him/her/it/Bahamut the genderless thingymajigy.


Raid it and let's see what Bahamut can do. LALALALA
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on October 05, 2013, 04:02:53 am
I...I don't really care, much...

Just, uh...tell me what Rina decides...I'll just...be in the grove at the entrance to town for...a bit~…

...

Pol ar ҉wa ĺk s a w ay.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on October 05, 2013, 08:46:15 am
"Mimics have the abilities to change shape, right?
"Meaning that this mimic is now the shape of a card.
"Learnt that from the internet, when I was still human."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on October 05, 2013, 01:26:58 pm
Julio," Uh...I dunno. I'll just go wherever you guys go.."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on October 05, 2013, 05:33:07 pm
Rina: "Ah... th-the map's not updated... I say... we go here."

AREA MAP:
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|||||.................|||||...Hd||||~~~||||||||H..||     N
......................||||..|||g|...~B~.......H.*.||     |
|||||...............X.ddd..||||...||~~~|||.||||H..||   W-+-E
||||||||||.||||||.|||||||.||||..|||~~~||||^|||||||||     |
||||||||||..|||||.|||||||.||||#|||~~~|||||.|||||||||     S
|||||||||||.|||||.|||||||g||||M|||~~~|||||.|||||||||
|.......|||.|||||.|||||||.||...||||~~~||||.|||||||||
|.|||||.|||....~..~...|||.||.|||||||~~~|||^|||||||||  NORTH: ? ? ?
|.|||||........~.~...d|||.||.||||||||~~~||.|||||||||   EAST: Ashlight City
|P|||||||||....~~.a.dsHs...%..d||||..---..g|||||||||   WEST: Quietsilence Town
|JrR#||||||....~....sd|||||d...||...|~~~||.O||||||||  SOUTH: ? ? ?
|#KAM||||||||.|~|||||||||||..d....||||~~~|.+........
|||||||||||||||~||||||||||||||||||||||~~~||O||||||||

+-----------------------------+--------------------+
| SILVERTREE JUNGLE           | TERRAIN FEATURES:  |
+--------------+--------------+--------------------+
| K = Kushagra | J = Julio    | | = tree           |  Aspen's destination: %
| R = Richard  | r = Rina     | ~ = river          | Party's destination: X
| P = Polar    | A = Ashen    | . = ground         |
| h = Harpy    | d = Dodo     | # = treasure chest |
| s = Squirrel | S = Spider   | + = door           |
| M = Mimic    | g = Goblin   | O = pillar         |
| B = Bahamut  | a = Aspen    | ^ = trap           |
+--------------+--------------+ * = lever / switch |
                              | - = bridge         |
 PARTY LEADER: Rina           |                    |
                              +--------------------+


Rina: "We're gonna have to b-battle the monsters on the way first..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on October 12, 2013, 09:20:50 pm
Aspen: "Let's go, then."

The party walks to where the map says "X". Three Dodos attack!

BATTLE! vs Dodo, Dodo, Dodo

Ashen: "I'll wait for you guys to choose your options first, okay?"

Initiative Gauge:
01. Ashen (100/100 HP)
02. Kushagra (103/103 HP)
03. Polar (103/103 HP)
04. Richard (105/105 HP) [[6] Shots: 0]]
05. Rina (102/102 HP)
06. Julio (104/104 HP)
07. Dodo 1 (15/15 HP)
08. Dodo 2 (15/15 HP)
09. Dodo 3 (15/15 HP)

RINA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Detection: The character can detect hidden items. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

POLAR: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. If the character can act twice per turn, then the duration is four turns, including the one in which the ability is activated. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

KUSHAGRA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Super Luck: The character scores Critical Hits more often than normal. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

JULIO: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. If the character can act twice per turn, then the duration is four turns, including the one in which the ability is activated. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

RICHARD: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Rage: Increases all offensive stats of the character if an allied character is killed or knocked out. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: Reload your weapon. You currently have 6 magazines remaining.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on October 12, 2013, 09:45:38 pm
Redefendattack
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on October 12, 2013, 10:33:27 pm
olar̢ i͢s ̧rèst͘i̵ng ̸qưi͜ȩtly͘ n̷ext͡ ͠to ̴a tr͟eé.̀
͠
Afţer re҉g͠a͟inin͠g th͢e͏i͢r co̵mpos̢ure͘, ͢th҉e͡y̵ ̧s̡tar͞t t͜o ̵w̛òn̸d̕er w̶h͠y ̵n͢o o͜ne̴'̕s àr͞ri͢ve̡d͘. ̛Ȩv̡entu͢a̡l̵l͏y҉ Pol̵ar͝ n̵od͜s o̵ff̧ ͜in͘to a͡ li͞gḩt ̛śl̛ee̵p͜.
́
A ̀f͞ew͝ ̀min͟u̶tes lat͟ęr,̧ ͡(̀s)͞he͞ ̷su̷dd́en̸ly̨ ͡s҉na͏p̷s ąw̡ak͝e, no͡t̴ ͝k̵no͢wi̛ng wh̢y̨. T̀he̡r̨e͜ sęém͘s ҉ţo͝ ̨b́e ̨c̕om͝motion͠ sơmewh̴e̕r̨é.̨..
̕
̸Pol̡ar͡ ̵sets ̶o̸ff́ t̨o ͞s̶eé ̛w͝h͏a͠t's͞ g͢óin͞g͠ ̕o̶n.̡
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Dr. Time on October 13, 2013, 02:31:43 am
Attack Dodo 3
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on October 13, 2013, 05:11:45 am
Pull of Dodo 2's beak, stuff the wings with nails, and slice it brutally with my Scythe of Death.



Basically, attack.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on October 13, 2013, 03:32:26 pm
Attack; you clearly copied and pasted that "command" thing from the Aspen battle, didn't you, Shane?
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on October 22, 2013, 12:59:09 pm
Aspen: "Let's go, then."

The party walks to where the map says "X". Three Dodos attack!

BATTLE! vs Dodo, Dodo, Dodo

Ashen: "I'll wait for you guys to choose your options first, okay?"

Polar's Quick Claw let it move first!

Ashen: "Wait, WHAT?!"

Polar cast Snooze!

Ashen: "What in... the..."

The party falls to the ground, asleep.

Polar: "Excellent. Minions! Come forth!"

Several monsters appear! A dark portal opens and a young couple step out, clothed entirely in black, with obscured faces.

Mysterious Boy: "Excellent. I assume you took care of the real Polar?"
Polar?: "It went off on its own. I trust it'll be unaware by the time the ritual is finished."
Mysterious Girl: "Most excellenté, mon ami. I am impressed, I had not known that you could summon Psycho Locks."

The fake Polar looks at it. It was a giant lock with eyes. It had a crazy look in them, almost... psychotic. The fake Polar turns slightly red.

Polar?: "Heh heh, that was accidental."
Mysterious Boy: "Come forth, our little pet!"

A small, pale girl stepped out of the portal, which closes. Her eyes are as blue as ice, as were her clothing. She looked shy.

Mysterious Girl: "Ooh, she seems so scared. She deserves fear. She refuses to join our organization, after all."

Suddenly, from out of nowhere...

? ? ? ? : "HOLD IT!"

Everyone is startled by the sudden shouting. From behind the party, Polar appeared!

Polar?: "IT?! Do not tell me that it has found Gardevoirite!"
Mysterious Girl: "What?"
Mysterious Boy: "Knock it out so that I can capture--"

A portal opens, with a Frost Elf and a Forest Elf wrestling each other. The portal closes.

Frost Elf: "Oy, you are like a mushroom, useless and vile!"
Forest Elf: "'Ey, I take offense to 'at! You are cold-'earted like 'ell!"

Another portal opens, swallowing the two, and then closing.

Mysterious Girl: "... That... was truly random, was it not, mon amour?"
Mysterious Boy: "It was indeed. As I was saying, knock that thing out so that I can capture--"

A portal opens again, with a Blaze Elf and an Avian Cyborg Vampire Elf wrestling each other. The portal closes.

Blaze Elf: "Like, dude, seriously? Is this really needed? I, like, totally hate this. Can't we, like, y'know, get along in peace?"
Avian Cyborg Vampire Elf: "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE!"

Another portal opens, swallowing the two, and then closing. The mysterious girl shakes her head.

Mysterious Girl: "EXTERMINATE! Ack! Sorry, that thing tricked me and deserves to be blown to smithereens, does it not?"
Mysterious Boy: "As I was saying, KNOCK OUT THAT THING SO THAT I CAN JUST CAPTURE--"

A portal opens yet again, with a Desert Elf and a Dark Elf wrestling each other while holding twenty-foot long swords. The portal closes.

Dark Elf: "THIS IS FOR EMPHASIS, *****!"
Desert Elf: "Oh yeah? Well, THIS IS FOR DESTROYING THE HOME OF THE QUENNOHAN ELVES!"
Dark Elf: "That so? THIS IS FOR SETTING FIRE TO MY BROTHER, MY FATHER AND MY HAT!"
Desert Elf: "Et amun? Well, THIS, THIS is for SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

A sudden explosion of rage from the mysterious boy, who's now glowing red.

Mysterious Boy: "ENOUGH! YOU TWO ARE DEAD MEAT NOW!"
Mysterious Girl: "I agree. You've made him mad, I'm afraid."
Mysterious Boy: "Well, HERE GOES! 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841 971693993751058209749445923078164062862 089986280348253421170679821480865132823 066470938446095505822317253594081284811 174502841027019385211055596446229489549 3038196!"

A massive explosion turns both the Dark Elf and Desert Elf into ashes... that are somehow assimilated by Polar!

Polar: "...?"
Mysterious Girl: "So it's... an Unknown... It can assimilate one slain life form and learn one technique from it, although only one such technique can be 'carried' at a time. If it were to assimilate a different life form, for instance... it's lose its previous assimilation, but learn a new one. Interesting."
Mysterious Boy: "Now, as I was saying... knock that thing out! I'd like to capture it with a Poké Ball."
Mysterious Girl: "Typical. Glaice! If you knock out that Unknown, I shall give you some food!"

When the small pale girl spoke, Polar could tell that she was under some sort of hypnosis.

Glaice: "... Yes, mi'lady..."

(Desert Elves and Frost Elves have been unlocked.)
(Polar learned Desert Howl!)

ASSIMILATION:
Whenever anything is slain, there's a chance that any Unknown-race character can assimilate its soul, learning one of its techniques.
Using this technique increased Assimilation CP by 2 points for every enemy hit. Once Assimilation reaches a certain amount of CP, it "levels up", increasing the effects of the assimilated soul.
However, assimilating another enemy soul will destroy the previously assimilated one.

DESERT HOWL:
An Earth-element spell that deals light Earth damage to all enemies and has a high chance to stun enemies. It deals double damage to Orcish enemies.
It costs 2 Magic Points to use.



Initiative Gauge:
01. Polar (110/110 HP | 7 / 7 MP)
02. Ashen (100/100 HP) [Sleeping]
03. Kushagra (103/103 HP) [Sleeping]
04. Richard (105/105 HP) [[6] Shots: 0]] [Sleeping]
05. Rina (102/102 HP) [Sleeping]
06. Julio (104/104 HP) [Sleeping]
07. Polar Double (XXX/XXX HP)
08. Mysterious Girl (XXX / XXX HP
09. Mysterious Boy (XXX/XXX HP)
10. Ghost 1 (18/18 HP)
11. Ghost 2 (18/18 HP)
12. Ghost 3 (18/18 HP)
13. Slime 1 (6/6 HP)
14. Slime 2 (6/6 HP)
15. Slime 3 (6/6 HP)
16. Slime 4 (6/6 HP)
17. Live Lock 1 (25/25 HP)
18. Live Lock 2 (25/25 HP)
19. Psycho Lock (49/49 HP)
20. Glaice (XXX/XXX HP)

RINA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Detection: The character can detect hidden items. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

POLAR: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP.
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. If the character can act twice per turn, then the duration is four turns, including the one in which the ability is activated. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.
Talk: Talk to Glaice. (Context-specific command.)

KUSHAGRA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Super Luck: The character scores Critical Hits more often than normal. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

JULIO: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. If the character can act twice per turn, then the duration is four turns, including the one in which the ability is activated. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

RICHARD: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Rage: Increases all offensive stats of the character if an allied character is killed or knocked out. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: Reload your weapon. You currently have 6 magazines remaining.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on October 22, 2013, 02:56:34 pm
Polar I suggest choosing talk to Glaice. Atleast we might all be dead together or something.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on October 30, 2013, 10:43:35 pm
Earlier...

Polar continues through the forest.

Blah. I probably shouldn't have fallen asleep, huh.

Where is everyone...?

I mean, jeez, it's just a giant forest. There's no reason I should have difficulty loca-

Polar suddenly hears an odd noise, and stops short. A sort of rushing sound, and momentarily, startled outcries - cut short by the sound of multiple bodies hitting the leafy floor.

Polar pauses for a moment.

Three dodos run past it in panic, squawking.

...um. That's not incriminating at all.

...Polar runs full speed towards the source.

They come across a large clearing. Someone seems to be talking, and Polar decides to see what's happening through cover in the trees. To their shock, all of the party is strewn across the ground! Momentary panic arises, but Polar's relieved to find that all of them appear to be breathing. What's less assuring is several ghostly figures and slimes surrounding the party...3 large, lock-looking monsters brooding at the back...and what appears to be Polar itself, conversing with two figures in dark robes.

.........what in the world...?

Seriously, what in high heaven happened here!? I'm not SUPPOSED to have evil clones!

Ohhhhh, this is not good at ALL...

Crappy Evil Twin:"...that was accidental."

Polar flinches at its voice. It sounds distorted, but still recognizable as their own...

Hood A(Male?):"Come forth, our little pet!"

All at once, a shadowy portal appears behind the three, and a small girl in blue stepped out shakily. Polar noted that her eyes were fixed on the ground.

Hood B(Female?):"Ooh, she seems so scared. She deserves fear. She refuses to join our organization, after all."

...oh, wow. Not only are they basically enslaving her, they're silly "organization" members who play too much Kingdom Hearts AND they knocked everyone out.

Yeah no I'm done, I don't care how stupid or reckless this is. Polar emerges from the trees.

Polar:"Hey! What the HECK do you think you're doing?"

Stupid Clone:"IT?! Do not tell me that it has found Gardevoirite!"
Hood B:"What?"
Polar:"What are you talking about? All I have is a lovely little longsword I'd like you to get acquainted with!"
Hood A: "Knock it out so that I can capture--"

Once again, a shadowy portal appears, and two elves are shoved out. They appear to be fighting, and are yelling at each other in a foreign language. As suddenly as it started, another portal appears and swallows them up.

The trio, seemingly confused by the random events, aren't paying any attention to Polar.

Hood B:"... That... was truly random, was it not, mon amour?"
Hood A:"It was indeed. As I was saying, knock that thing out so that I can capture--"

For the nth time, a dark portal rises and another two elves fall out. The villians have apparently forgotten about Polar altogether.

It has no idea why such convenient events are happening, but decides not to pass up the opportunity. Polar quickly runs over to the group still lying on the ground and checks the nearest person, who happens to be Julio. He is indeed breathing, and doesn't have any injuries, but all the frantic shaking in the world doesn't wake him up.

Ugh...some sort of sleeping spell. I don't think I can cure this in any way...

Polar looks back. The two in dark hoods are still squabbling over the elves, and the copycat is looking away.

...If I can't cure them, I can at least get them a little out of danger.

Polar starts moving their friends past the trees, where they become pretty dense. Unfortunately, the bodies are heavy and Polar isn't exactly the strongest person in Endania.

As it finishes heaving Ashen into the trees and quietly jumps back to their previous location, a horrible mishmash of syllables emanates from Hood A. The dark spell instantly engulfs another two elves in an explosion.

Oh, goodness. I'll have to watch out for tha-

...and then two dying souls speed out of the ground and lodge themselves inside Polar's body.

...l o l w u t

NYA that feels really weird and creepy and why are there dead people inside of me and how do I get them out?!

Hood B: "So it's... an Unknown... It can assimilate one slain life form and learn one technique from it, although only one such technique can be 'carried' at a time. If it were to assimilate a different life form, for instance... it would lose its previous assimilation, but learn a new one. Interesting."

So...that makes me some sort of twisted Blue Mage? I did NOT sign up for this...

Although, that spell thing I learned...is it Earth? I think it's Earth...that could be helpful.

Hood A: "Now, as I was saying... knock that thing out! I'd like to capture it with a Poké Ball."
Polar:"Oh, for God's sake, I'M NOT A POKÉMON." No idea what I am, but still.
Hood B:"Typical. Glaice! If you knock out that Unknown, I shall give you some food!"
Glaice:"...yes, m'lady..."

...okay. Okay, calm down, assess the situation.

Everyone else is asleep. There's a bunch of ghosts and slimes running around, they don't look very threatening. There are also three giant locks and one of them looks a bit demented, those are probably more threatening. There's the male hood, who can apparently cause explosions, and the other hood, not sure what she does, and the döppelganger, who probably caused the sleeping. Those are all a major worry. There's also Glaice, who judging by her name and appearance uses Ice powers. She's mind controlled, to boot. I don't really want to hurt her, but...

God, can you say "Boss Battle"?
★★★★★
Alright. If I run, I might not get to town in time, and I can't take all of them with me. If I just Attack things, I'll be outnumbered. That Earth spell - I think it's called Desert Howl? - it seems like it will hit everything, which is a major help. I don't think it will hit the ones on my side, but Glaice...

Polar uses Talk. "Hey! Glaice! I'm not sure if you can hear me, but I'm going to have to hit you, okay? You don't really deserve to be hit since you're not acting on free will, but I can't help it. Just know that you're probably stronger mentally than you think!

As for the rest of you, well...

Polar uses Desert Howl, hoping it involves no actual howling.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on October 31, 2013, 11:18:15 am
Aw yeah!


But kinda sad that someone already has to do this kind of event.... :(

Oh well, atleast Desert Howl can crud the face out of them!
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on October 31, 2013, 12:44:36 pm
Glaice: "..."
Polar: "Magic... never tried this before, but please lend me strength..."
Mysterious Boy: "I can tell you've never cast a spell before!"
Mysterious Girl: "Don't distract him! I want to see what he's doing... huh?"

Rocks rise from the ground and float in the air.
The slimes and ghosts turn to face their summoners... and attack!

Slimes 1, 2, 3 and 4 combine to create Slime Tower!
Slime Tower attacks Polar Double! 15 damage!
Polar Double changes shape and turns into Slime Tower!

Doppelgänger: "Vhat? How can vis be?"

Ghost 1 licks Doppelgänger! 1 damage! Doppelgänger is paralyzed!
Ghost 2 licks Psycholock! Critical hit! 10 damage! Psycholock shatters!
Ghost 3 tries to lick Glaice but misses!

Polar: "Desert Howl!"

The rocks start spinning, rising above the enemies, and fall on top of them and exploding into dust, while avoiding the Ghosts and Slime Tower.

Doppelgänger takes 50 damage and is stunned!
Mysterious Boy takes 0 damage...
Mysterious Girl takes 0 damage...
Glaice takes a critical hit and takes 150 damage! It was Super Effective!

Glaice falls to her knees.

Glaice: "What... where... AAAH!"
Mysterious Boy: "What?! How can this be possible? Earth isn't supposed to be powerful against Ice!"
Mysterious Girl: "Remember, Earth-element counts as dirt, and also as rocks! Rocks break ice! Looks like I'll have to focus on keeping the hypnosis stable."

Doppelgänger is Stunned! It cannot move!

Mysterious Boy casts level i Oblivion!
It doesn't affect Polar...

Mysterious Boy: "What the?! What's going on here?"
? ? ? ?: "I'm afraid you're wasting your time... Janet and Lucas."
Janet (Mysterious Girl): "What?! How do you know our names?!"
Lucas (Mysterious Boy): "We've never told anyone our names before!"

A girl steps out from behind Polar, wearing a Pikachu costume, as well as a scary yellow mask.

Girl: "Do you not recognize me? Huh. I had hoped that you two Elraphians would remember one such as myself."

The girl removes her mask.

Janet & Lucas: "Summer Winterbach?!"
Summer: "Yes. It is I. Things have changed in the ten years we remained 16-year olds, haven't they? For instance... you two becoming evil, and me becoming one of the first good goddesses of Endania."
Janet: "What?!"
Lucas: "That's impossible!"
Summer: "Why do you think the Slimes and Ghosts attacked you instead of this cute person?"

Glaice stealthily crawls to Polar, who notices that Janet and Lucas hadn't noticed. The Doppelgänger is standing still, looking like an idiot. Sparks surround him as a result of his paralysis..

Summer: "It was because of my Hire Enemy spell. Who knew that the element of Money would be useful?"
Lucas: "You bribed them. Seriously. What the heck."
Summer: "I chose to help this being. I could tell that this person had never cast a spell before. So I helped the Unknown by making the first attempt rather powerful, and... what can I say? It worked even better than I thought. I can tell that this being... this Unknown... has a heart that is good. I'm possibly stepping out of bounds here, but I don't care! Darkness be darned, I'm not going to let the darkness take over this planet! So what if the rest of the Endanian deities are all evil? I'll take them all down in a blaze of glory if I must!"
Janet: "Infuriating! Glaice! Freezing Mist! And make sure you have that mask on!"
Glaice: "No."

Glaice gets up and stands next to Polar, her face serious.

Glaice: "I'd rather die than freeze this one, and the Summer-gal."
Janet: "Fine! WE SHALL DESTROY THIS PLANET--"
Lucas: "Wait, if we do that, won't we die as well?"
Janet: "Huh?"
Lucas: "Remember, we're not physically here, we're at our HQ."
Janet: "Oh, darn. You're right. Ciao, then!"

Lucas and Janet are swallowed by a portal as the ghosts and slime tower attack the Doppelgänger endlessly. The Live Locks flee!

Glaice: "..."

Glaice suddenly hugs Polar. Polar notices that six cards were thrown to the party leader's backpack.

Six more Color Cards obtained.

Summer: "Are you okay?"

How will Polar react?
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on November 08, 2013, 06:53:55 pm

...WELL then!


I...guess I can go with that. I was wondering why that magic had such an effect...


I'm...just a bit confused and, uh, shooken up...but otherwise feeling VERY lucky and happy to be alive at the moment.


I don't think I'm as great as you make me out to be, but I owe you a lot, um...Madam Winterbach. Thank you very much.  Polar smiles.


*Glaice is still hugging them*


As for you, Glaice...well, I'm happy you're free, for one. Maybe you could join us for a bit, unless you need to get somewhere? There's a guy here who uses nothing but ice, a lot like you. It's your decision what you want to do, okay?


Polar turns to Summer. Um, anyway...not to sound ungrateful, but...my party is kind of asleep and completely incapacitated right now, and I have no way of curing them. I think the copycat over there cast some sort of sleep spell. Is there anything you could do about that? They're over there past the trees...and now that I think about, I'm not sure what we're going to do with that guy, anyway. *I just love how Janet and Lucas seemed convinced I'm male, by the way. Just because that person is...or at least, I think he is.*


...sigh. So many things have happened here. I wish we could get out of this stupid forest already...
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Taylor on November 08, 2013, 08:33:27 pm
Rina rolls around, muttering strange things.

RINA: "Father, no... stop, don't force me into that scary hazmat suit... no, please, mom, I'm too young to be a hazmat worker... zzzzzz..."
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on November 13, 2013, 10:54:30 pm
Glaice and Summer stare at Rina.

Glaice: "Is she okay?"
Summer: "Just having a nightmare... but why? ... Oh no, it can't be!"
Glaice: "What?"
Summer: "Darkrai!"



BATTLE! versus Darkrai


Glaice: "What's-your-name, I'll let you tell me what to do, and I'll do it! I know an Ice-type version of your Desert Howl, by the way! Let us at 'em!"
Summer: "I'll just focus on support spells, alright? Let's battle this thing!"


Initiative Gauge:
01. Polar (110/110 HP | 7 / 7 MP)
02. Glaice (110/110 HP | 7 / 7 MP)
03. Darkrai (130 / 130 HP)
04. Summer (XXX / XXX HP | XXX / XXX MP | XXX / XXX SMP) [AI-controlled party member]
05. Ashen (100/100 HP) [Sleeping]
06. Kushagra (103/103 HP) [Sleeping]
07. Richard (105/105 HP) [[6] Shots: 0]] [Sleeping]
08. Rina (102/102 HP) [Sleeping]
09. Julio (104/104 HP) [Sleeping]

POLAR: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP.
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. If the character can act twice per turn, then the duration is four turns, including the one in which the ability is activated. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.
Command: Give orders to Glaice. This does not take away a turn. If you do an action first before commanding Glaice, she'll automatically defend.

GLAICE: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP.
Ability: Use your ability. (Snow Veil: The character's speed is boosted in a hail storm. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

RINA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Detection: The character can detect hidden items. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

KUSHAGRA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Super Luck: The character scores Critical Hits more often than normal. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

JULIO: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. If the character can act twice per turn, then the duration is four turns, including the one in which the ability is activated. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

RICHARD: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Rage: Increases all offensive stats of the character if an allied character is killed or knocked out. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: Reload your weapon. You currently have 6 magazines remaining.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on November 14, 2013, 07:13:38 am
(Darkrai, huh...that's a bit sudden...but, whatevs! Enough has happened today, I won't question this.) My name is Polar, Glaice!

...I know what you're thinking, but Polaris is a star, I'm not affiliated with the Ice type. Let's do this, good luck!

★★★★★

(Hmm...does Glaice know any ice magic besides that ice Desert Howl...)

Okay, so first things first...try using that Freezing Mist thing they mentioned! If you can't for some reason or it's a bad idea, go with Ice Howl!

Polar decides to try Desert Howl again, just to see if they're any good with it without Summer's Favor.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Shane on November 14, 2013, 10:23:36 am
Polar: "I don't really like this element, but whatever!"

Rocks rise from the ground and float in the air.

Glaice: "Rime."

Ice cubes form in midair and remain floating.

Darkrai: "...!"
Summer: "No way! A Combination Spell!?"

The ice cubes and rocks start spinning, surrounding the Darkrai!
Darkrai takes 25 points of Ice-element damage!
Darkrai takes 26 points of Earth-element damage!
Darkrai is confused!


Darkrai is confused!
It hurt itself in its confusion!
Darkrai takes 24 points of damage!


Glaice: "Duckies!"
Summer: "Hey, that's just an illusion, to show that it's confused, you know."
Glaice: "I like duckies!"

Summer sighs, then focuses.
Summer casts Halvah on Kushagra!

Summer: "Ooh, hey, how does that feel?"

Kushagra wakes up!

Summer: "Oh, hey, my ability kicked in. I get to move twice in a turn, it's called Supportive Combo, you know? Anyway, my turn again."

Summer focuses.
Summer casts Halvah on Richard!

Summer: "Come on, you'll be okay soon!"

Richard wakes up!

Summer: "And now my turn's up."

Richard and Kushagra walk to the battle, Richard unknowingly holding a book in his hand.

Glaice: "What's that book?"

Richard looks at the book in surprise.

Summer: "The Tome of Speech, huh?"

Tome of Speech get!


Initiative Gauge:
01. Polar (110/110 HP | 5 / 7 MP)
02. Glaice (110/110 HP | 5 / 7 MP)
03. Darkrai (55 / 130 HP) [Confused]
04. Summer (XXX / XXX HP | XXX / XXX MP | XXX / XXX SMP) [AI-controlled party member]
05. Kushagra (103/103 HP)
07. Richard (105/105 HP) [[6] Shots: 0]]
07. Ashen (100/100 HP) [Sleeping]
08. Rina (102/102 HP) [Sleeping]
09. Julio (104/104 HP) [Sleeping]

POLAR: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP.
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. If the character can act twice per turn, then the duration is four turns, including the one in which the ability is activated. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.
Command: Give orders to Glaice. This does not take away a turn. If you do an action first before commanding Glaice, she'll automatically defend.

GLAICE: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP.
Ability: Use your ability. (Snow Veil: The character's speed is boosted in a hail storm. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

KUSHAGRA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Super Luck: The character scores Critical Hits more often than normal. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

RICHARD: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Rage: Increases all offensive stats of the character if an allied character is killed or knocked out. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: Reload your weapon. You currently have 6 magazines remaining.

RINA: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Detection: The character can detect hidden items. Ability is passive.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.

JULIO: Command?
Attack: Physically attacks an enemy of your choice.
Special Attack: You can choose between various attacks. All of them have something special. Costs SMP. (N/A)
Spell: You can choose a spell you've learned and cast it. Costs MP. (N/A)
Ability: Use your ability. (Hidden Power: For three turns in combat, this character will always deal super effective damage to enemies. If the character can act twice per turn, then the duration is four turns, including the one in which the ability is activated. This ability can only be used once in combat.)
Item: You can use an item.
Defend: Increases the chance of avoiding the next attack on you for a round. If you're hit, damage is reduced.
Reload: You're not wielding a firearm, so you cannot reload.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on November 15, 2013, 05:12:27 am
Okay, that worked better than expected. We have a good chance of making this.

Also I actually cast a spell, yay! ^_^ £: <3
Unless she's still making it stronger...


Thanks, Summer!

Polar turns to Richard (who still looks sleepy) and Kushagra. Welcome back, guys! I'll explain what the heck happened later, so don't bother asking right now.

Anyway, Glaice! We have a little backup and Darkrai's confused, so it's best we save our MP for later. I noticed you have a longsword, try attacking with it!

Polar also attacks.
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: SlasherOmegaUltima - Prince of Rankaros on November 15, 2013, 05:17:17 am

Polar I know what happened I saw the whole thing.
How? Because I am a 5th Elemental.
When put to sleep, we are aware of our surroundings, but we have no self control over consciousness.

Anyways, Darkrai must be killed.

*Use Katana and hit Darkrai's red collar thing*




-------------------------------------------------------------------

Attack Darkrai.... He needs to be killed.


And the ducks were just hilarious! XD
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: KarjamP on November 15, 2013, 08:04:21 am
"Does anyone have a Pokéball?"
Title: Re: Prologue: Stars of Endania
Post by: Polaris on April 13, 2014, 08:33:06 pm
Polar and Glaice go to attack Darkrai, when suddenly it puts up a hand!

Darkrai: "Enough. I did not come to hurt you."

Everyone looks up in surprise.

Glaice: "What?! But..."

Polar: "Oh, okay! I wasn't expecting that. What did you come for, then?"

The Darkrai points at Polar and Glaice.

Darkrai: "You. I must tell you something. There are things that need to be done elsewhere."

Summer gasps.

Summer: "Oh, I remember you now! It's been so long since I've seen you. But, is it really important enough to take these two away? We were just about to head to Ashlight City!"

Darkrai: "Yes, Summer. It is very important. I will return them to your group unharmed once their trials are over."

Summer: "Hmm...alright, then."

Summer turns to Polar.

Summer: "I'll watch over both of you Unknowns from here, okay? We can trust this Darkrai, don't worry."

Polar nods. After a moment, Glaice does too.

Darkrai: "Thank you. And now, we must leave."

Darkrai summons a light portal and goes through it.

Glaice: "Alright! Thank you for having mercy on me, guys. Let's go, Polar!"

She jumps into the portal. Polar turns around.

Polar: "It's been really fun! You guys took me in as a friend when no one else wanted anything to do with me. Richard, Kush, Summer...please tell the rest of them that I said bye, okay? We'll be back sometime. Until then, take care of yourself and stuff!"

Polar waves, and steps into the light portal after them. A few items fall from the portal as it closes.

Slowly, all of the other party members start to wake up and look confusedly around except for Julio, who starts to snore normally. Rina is the last to wake up, and she stretches, an unhappy expression on her face.


Rina: "...ohhh...I h-had the most terrible dream...that I was forced into a hazmat suit, and then you all hated me, and left me...but it was j-just a dream, right?..."

She looks around, and gets to her feet.

Rina: "W-what happened? And where's Polar?"

They all look at her. It is suddenly rather quiet.



Party gained coins!
016 MC + 023 SC: Darkrai
016 MC + 023 SC: TOTAL AMOUNT GAINED

Money obtained:
4 Copper Coins (x1)
3 Silver Coins (x1)
2 Gold Coins (x1)
1 Platinum Coin (x1)


Darkrai dropped:
Enemy Card:Darkrai
3x Potion of Polymorph
Vial of Light
Vial of Darkness
Bronze Katana
2x Silver Dagger
2x Silver Sabre
Browning Hi-Power
Dark Pendant
Book of Fire



Command?